• impiri@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    At first glance, this makes zero sense, but once you dig in and read the details, it makes even less sense

      • Wahots@pawb.social
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        1 year ago

        Even if all you have is wind and solar, you can still turn it into baseload power by pumping water up behind dams, storing it in battery grids, or turning it into green hydrogen via electrolysis. Hell, you could even use it to heat up salts until they turn into a molten salt, which can be used for about 12 hours, going off of solar towers with molten salt generators…

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      1 year ago

      Makes sense to me, just sounds like the crypto company is holding the state’s power grid hostage

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        1 year ago

        Who has the keys to free the hostage? ERCOT or the Crypto Mine?

        Don’t blame the Crypto Mine for the decisions of the State or ERCOT.

        TVA doesn’t give energy credits. They give you a thirty minute notice that your ¢/kwh is about to quadruple.