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Re:Britain has declared a national emergency because of the ... by bojangleslover on Monday July 18, 2022 @10:47AM (#32139020)
If it plugs into the wall it can run on renewables. In fact if it's hot and sunny that day the grid will be more able to power it with solar.
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Re:Britain has declared a national emergency because of the ... by everybodyknows on Monday July 18, 2022 @01:04PM (#32140590)
On weekdays here in California, A/C usage and grid stress both peak around sunset, just as PV output flat-lines.
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Re:Britain has declared a national emergency because of the ... by Ekaros on Monday July 18, 2022 @02:01PM (#32141305)
Surely it will use all of the magic grid storage in place that renewable promoters always talk about.
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Re:Britain has declared a national emergency because of the ... by vr46 on Monday July 18, 2022 @11:17AM (#32139356)
Adding more entropy to the system isn’t really the answer. Cooling people before rooms is a better answer.
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Re:Britain has declared a national emergency because of the ... by r2_pilot on Monday July 18, 2022 @12:18PM (#32140026)
Unless there are dogs involved, in which case you'd cool them before people, or just cool the room and everyone is comfy.
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Re:Britain has declared a national emergency because of the ... by turns0ut on Monday July 18, 2022 @10:51AM (#32139062)
Machines to gather resources to build factories of machines for workers to drive to, their cars needing a similar concept to exist, to build ACs is a huge part of their problem.

Physical laws of the universe are well defined at this point.

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