Post by @xChaos@f.cz

2026-02-21 17:55 UTC

@lin11c@toad.social @Gustodon@mas.to the only problem is, that in temperate climate zone, you have winter. During winter, the production goes as low as 10% and only for few hours per day. Cloudy days and nights are mostly ok during summer, when the batteries can recharge only after few hours of sunlight. This means, that we still need some backup sources during winter. And this is the only issue, because scalable long term accumulation is still not easy.

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@Gustodon@mas.to 2026-02-21 17:59

@xChaos@f.cz Agreed. But we also need to really ask ourselves what needs electricity and what doesn't. I don't know enough about it to say but even the idea that it's always turned on might be an error.

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@tartley@fosstodon.org 2026-02-21 18:33

@xChaos@f.cz @lin11c@toad.social @Gustodon@mas.to You are right, of course. People will fight against sustainable energy use until the externalities eventually get so bad that the transition will force itself upon us, and at that point it will be a sudden, unplanned catastrophe, rather than the gradual planned transition we could afford to make if we start now.

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@lin11c@toad.social 2026-02-21 18:50

@xChaos@f.cz @Gustodon@mas.to Yes of course that's true. Storing excess capacity in batteries becomes important, and from my understanding, the batteries are getting a lot better. We must thwart the planned obsolescence that is now rampant in our capitalist "democracies". They won't allow for products that last for decades. There must be constant replacements, upgrades, and a large "profit" for shareholders. That's where all progress crumbles and fails. It's not allowed!!

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