alt Hacker NewsSo for a guy that literally has a company that produces batteries and solar panels, choose to use gas turbines. So much for saving the planet.
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renticulous • today at 7:59 AM
He is building the skill tree in such a way that he is prioritising speed rather than environment.
rdtsc • today at 11:07 AM
> So for a guy that literally has a company that produces batteries and solar panels, choose to use gas turbines
“Sorry, we have to shut down your database because it’s been overcast for the last two days”
Now, they could have a mix, of course, but just running on solar and batteries at that power is not realistic.
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Solar and batteries are a bad choice for a constant 24/7 load.
That's the exact reason we will never go fully solar (or wind) unless an insanely impressive battery breakthrough makes storage effectively free while using only common, renewable components rather than rare earths.
Solar, wind, etc are excellent parts of an energy system, but its nearly impossible to cover base load at scale with generation that may only run for 0-5 hours a day.
edit: typo