Unfortunately, this is more likely pushed by acute necessity than anything else.
Hopefully, we all won't require a massive war to figure out solar should be invested into.
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Hopefully, we all won’t require a massive war to figure out solar should be invested into.
The Iran war is kinda doing just that, though renewable was going up pretty steadily even before it.
Oh hey, something not completely depressing!
It just needs some trees to make it not depressing. Still, it's far better than oil and gas.
I meant a thing, not the picture generally. Id add some variety to the architecture as well.
Yup. A lot of architecture or city design in West Asia is created with ivory color due to its reflecting more heat than any other color. This lack of variety of color and repeating building design is contributing to the "depressiveness".
Didnt mean the color. Dont love it but see the utility. Meant the shapes.
There are quite a few trees lining the streets and down the middle of the road.
Eventually we'll so be doing this out of necessity. Just not any time soon, not until something big breaks.
Big things are breaking regularly. Monsters are making choices to keep them less visible to regular people.
The Strait of Hormuz is something big.
Unfortunately it's not very wide
Well things are all going great. Can't imagine anything breaking. Can't imagine electrical grids getting overwhelmed from infrastructure neglect and a surge in demand or fossil fuels becoming scarce or their flows being interrupted. When was the last time any of that stuff happened?
maybe the data-center upgrades will payoff when the ai bubble pops and everyone drives ev because of gas prices. infrastructure pre-built. ev charging cheaper at night so off peak already best on existing grid.
Those things are going to get scrapped so fast when America falls. Ya know how eventually locals used the stones from the pyramids, the lighthouse of Alexandria, and the Roman colosseum? Well, that but scrapping chips and copper from abandoned data centers.
I love your optimism. Let us pray
Makes a lot more sense than alternatives!
Look at all these teeny tiny humans with their teeny tiny solar panels. All that just to catch the occasional stray photon. What are they compared to the sun almighty?
I wonder if they use batteries and what kind.
Also whether the local electricians have jury rigged some kind of bottom up grid of their own.
Does anyone have information?
This video goes into Syria's electric grid, and how people have setup their solar installs. It shows batteries are used quite thoroughly, and doesn't appear to be grid-tied or formed into a micro-grid, AFAICT.
Turns out they are actually Terraists. Apparently, misspelling that on purpose so people are properly afraid when they failure to understand why they need to be removed.
"Intelligence"
Who? Whooo!
Turns out that Snake and the Cosmic Owl were brothers. Thanks, Cake.
I kinda want to downvote because why is this unusual? Syria is a war torn country with a shitty grid and many developing and developped countries have plenty of roof top solar?
And also a huge need for AC, when solar is typically at the peak.
I wondered when I visited Malaysia why there was not more solar panels around, and a local explained to me that it was mostly lobbying and corruption, with local electricity providers making it illegal.
I don't wish on anyone what Syria went through, but I am also hopeful that when systems breaks, workarounds exist and may in the long term improve the overall situation.
Whats a leppo?
When your nation falls apart and your city becomes an extensive warzone for years, the main power grid probably isn't top notch. But the sun works just fine!
If it wasn't for oil making the middle east insanely rich, imagine what they could do with solar
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