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Re:Space-based solar power is getting serious–can it solve E... by grecy on Sunday October 23, 2022 @09:08PM (#33311922)
I think the military want more of a guarantee they'll have power 24x7. They want better uptime than the public grid.
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Re:Space-based solar power is getting serious–can it solve E... by ben_w on Monday October 24, 2022 @09:11AM (#33316180)
They're allowed to keep the backup gennies while connecting to the grid, especially when the grid is so much cheaper it will pay for itself in the 99.9% of the time it's working.

It's not like hospitals and data centres refuse grid connections and run entirely on the backups.

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Re:Space-based solar power is getting serious–can it solve E... by grecy on Monday October 24, 2022 @11:13PM (#33325738)
Oh, I agree. But of course none of this is supposed to make sense. Someone, somewhere is making a lot of money the way things are now. Why change it?
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