Wacari

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by Wacari 1mo ago
Depends. residential fleets v commercial fleets. different behaviours. Even most residential batts that get plugged in when they get home typically have SOC >40% (depending on jurisidiction).
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by Wacari 1mo ago
Agreed. V2G is actually one of the best DER strats out there. The EVs are already purchased, the batteries and PCS are already configured for bidirectional flow in most brands. Coordination/visibility problem remains at Dx level, but a
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by Wacari 1mo ago
David Roberts does not have an EE degree and misunderstands anything related to power system operations. Great for positive vibes and LCOE parading tho.
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by Wacari 1mo ago
cause they have massive operational issues induced by effectively must-run oversupply that has increased costs for both ratepayers (and sometimes shifted to the taxpayer to hide costs). And then try to fix those problems with populist TOU r
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by Wacari 1mo ago
so in other words, heavily subsidize another technology (introducing cost shifts onto non-adopters, typically poorer people) to try and solve operational problems directly caused by oversubsidizing rooftop solar (another regressive cost-shi
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by Wacari 2mo ago
agreed. plus all the languages supported!
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by Wacari 2mo ago
climate scientists are fantastic at predicting ecological impact. civilizational/economic impacts cannot be made with the same confidence
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by Wacari 2mo ago
Yeah, another example is when the Internation Maritime Organization reduced the legal sulfur content limit in shipping fuel. This reduced SO2 emissions by about 80%, which improved human health, but also caused an increase in short-term atm
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by Wacari 3mo ago
in large parts of the west! still good news
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by Wacari 3mo ago
no. if you work in the industry you'll know power/electricity are used interchangeably, and energy is treated as the superset. in the physics sense, you're right.
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by Wacari 4mo ago
it does have a false negative issue