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Re:World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper T... by sitkack on Thursday December 15, 2016 @10:53PM (#13190928)
No, we are long over designing systems for the worst case. This is what got us where we are today. The smart grid is about keeping grandmother alive tonight while drying your clothes during the light cycle tomorrow.
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Re:World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper T... by imron on Thursday December 15, 2016 @11:19PM (#13191033)
And pray that worst case scenarios don't happen.
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Re:World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper T... by leereeves on Friday December 16, 2016 @08:34AM (#13193090)
Most people work during the light cycle.

Would this smart grid require that people only ever wash clothes on days they don't work?

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Re:World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper T... by rjvs on Friday December 16, 2016 @11:25AM (#13194313)
You can wash clothes while you're not there. It's even possible to schedule the washing so that it's done near the end of the light cycle so they don't sit in the machine for long after they are clean.
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Re:World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper T... by jefurii on Friday December 16, 2016 @10:59AM (#13194118)
The desire to be able to do whatever you what, when you want, is part of how we got to this climate-changing situation in the first place.
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Re:World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper T... by mzw_mzw on Friday December 16, 2016 @02:29PM (#13196005)
Good luck winning elections with that.
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