Treating beef like coal would make a big dent in greenhouse-gas emissions

Re:Treating beef like coal would make a big dent in greenhou... by adrianN on Friday October 01, 2021 @03:05AM (#28715519)

If you're right that it's the only solution then of course cost is not that important. Many people don't think that it's the only solution, so cost is important.

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Re:Treating beef like coal would make a big dent in greenhou... by eink-reader-32 on Sunday October 03, 2021 @05:00PM (#28740457)

Well another completely wild solution would be to make end users responsible for storing electricity during non-generation hours. I.e. "each home having a battery device." I just made this up now but thinking about what the end result might be...

encourages:

  - more people to buy electric cars that can also act as a whole home battery
  - even more research dollars in storage/battery tech
  - distributed power grid
  - resell electricity to grid (or maybe even local neighbours)
  - short-term power outages are handled by design
  - people think more about their electricity usage
  - people may be more likely to generate power at home

downsides:

  - unnecessary extra cost to end users
  - might be less efficient then centralization
  - certain markets/peoples will not be able to easily access stored electricity?

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