• Kimano@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    People also don’t realize that too much power is just as bad as too little, worse in fact. There’s always useful power sinks: pumped hydro, batteries, thermal storage, but these are not infinite.

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      2 months ago

      Stupid question but can we not like, make toggleable solar panels? Like if I Just pull the plug extracting power from a solar panel does it explode or break or something?

    • uis@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      Solar panels are easily disconnectable. Unlike conventional power plants it does not have spinning rust, that can walk away entire building.