NightOwlSolar panels to be fitted on all new-build homes in England by 2027
symbolicWhile solar power is great and possibly the future, I sure hope they fully thought this through. A lot of areas with large numbers of solar panels are struggling to manage overcapacity. Solar energy produced is not always sent to the grid but wasted, as there is often not enough grid-scale storage capacity to absorb it. I’m no expert, but I wonder if mandating smart in-home sodium-ion batteries which intelligently charge and discharge based on grid capacity wouldn’t be more effective.
jagged_circleBest way to deal with this is to have a few hours of rolling blackouts everywhere a few hours per day.
People will get batteries.
… are you a fucking idiot? Any government official that suggested that would immediately be fired, and any politician would never get a single vote for the rest of their lives.
Dont underestimate the people. There’s about 30% of people that are dumb, but to vady majority understand we are amidst a climate catastrophe, and we want policy to address it
Ok, sure. Go to your city council meeting and suggest implementing rolling blackouts in the town to combat climate change. See how far you get.
Oh, those people are making decisions on behalf plutocrats, not the people.
Ok, go talk to random people in the street and ask them if they are okay giving up electricity in their homes for several hours each day in the name of stopping climate change. Go ahead. I’ll wait.
Ah, now were getting somewhere. Because if you explain to them why and tell them the government is going to install free solar panels on their home, most people will definitely be on board.