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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 08:18 AM Original message |
Solar power could crash Germany's grid |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Storage is the answer. Solar electrical generation really, really |
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ishaneferguson (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Been done - very attractively |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. That's it really |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. Smart grid technology |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. I don't really follow the math here - are they saying that at-home solar panels are |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. This is why government sources need to be examined critically |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. The problem is the timing |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Ah, I skipped over that "rather than" in the article |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 05:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. My washing machine has a timer, so I can get the load to start at midday if I wish |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Precisely |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Is there some reason you try to disrupt renewable energy discussions? |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Since when is agreeing with a poster disruptive? (nt) |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. yet another reason why the best and most intelligent manner of approaching solar is |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. The OP has nothing to do with centralizing |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. And how is that not centralization!! |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Perhaps we have a semantic confusion here |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. the OP just demonstrated that while we are on the way to using solar/wind and other |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. That might work for the suburban sprawl of California... |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. So, let me get this straight. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Try reading the article again |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That doesn't mean solar is outstripping the grid's ability to effectively use the power. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Agreed |
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