Post by @xChaos@f.cz

2026-02-21 19:05 UTC

@lin11c@toad.social @Gustodon@mas.to unlike plastic crap, with batteries, the obsolescence is not really planned. Of course, the best available technology may not be available, for example because of stockpiles of old stuff or licensing issues, but mostly I beleive it is just really because existing level of technology. In most of temperate climate zone, you can get energy autonomy with solar panels and battery for 8 months per year, but the winter season would be really tricky, even when burning wood for heating. But selling excess energy to grid and buying it during winter can be way to go. The regulations required for doing this are slowly getting better.

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@fluffy@plush.city 2026-02-21 19:13

@xChaos@f.cz @lin11c@toad.social @Gustodon@mas.to in seattle the grid storage math works out really well. My power utility just charges me around $10/month for the grid connection (which I’d have anyway) and then essentially runs my meter in reverse when I’m generating excess power, so there’s no real financial incentive to me getting a battery.

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@lin11c@toad.social 2026-02-21 19:20

@xChaos@f.cz @Gustodon@mas.to It sounds like there are solutions. Wind might fill in too? I like these better than nuclear.

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@toroidalcore@masto.hackers.town 2026-02-22 06:32

@xChaos@f.cz @lin11c@toad.social @Gustodon@mas.to This is sort of why electric grids were built out in the first place, to better match supply and demand and allow different sources to operate more efficiently. Doing solar at scale (as opposed to isolated off-grid systems) is going to need more transmission in addition to storage. The energy is there, but we don't have as much experience harvesting solar vs the other forms.

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