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consider the implications for a post scarcity future (slrpnk.net)

submitted 7 months ago by stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 87 points 7 months ago (20 children)

If the excess energy cannot be stored, it should be used for something energy intensive like desalination or carbon capture.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 38 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or just fill debts. Overclock every air conditioner freezer and industrial coolant system for those hours, store that not-heat. Do cpu intensive processes, time industrial machinery to be active during those hours, Sure, desalination, but pumped hydro(even just on a residential scale, more water towers, dammit!) or... Anything.

OR we could just decline to build them because they're... Sometimes too good to make a profit off of?

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