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Re:Rivian Joins Forces with Tesla, Embracing Their Charging ... by Marsymars on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @04:31PM (#36410057)
> #2 ; PROVIDE A RECEIPT OF WHERE THAT POWER CAME FROM. FULL FN STOP

This isn’t really possible other than in a probabilistic sense, you can’t keep track of where particular electrons are in the grid.

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Re:Rivian Joins Forces with Tesla, Embracing Their Charging ... by samstave on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @07:06PM (#36412000)
You know whats really funny:'

In 2004 I was designing the data center for LucasFilm's CTO... CTO

And he asked me why I couldnt provide power-to-the-desktop via FIBER

In a really high profile mtg...

All I could do was look around the room from side-to-side....

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Re:Rivian Joins Forces with Tesla, Embracing Their Charging ... by samstave on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @07:09PM (#36412024)
The pixies on the wires get all mixed up in the big pipes, its not like the wires from the car just go straight to a single power plant.
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