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Seems like a great opportunity for grid-issolated solar cooling.
Seems like a great opportunity for grid-issolated solar cooling.
I think you are correct. I think it is mostly FUD by large generators. Not that the grid doesn’t need updating but it’s not due to distributed generation yet.
If I were going to do solar today I would do grid isolated with automatic transfer switches. The panels are much cheaper, you get power when the grid is down, and you have more granular control over how you use power.
Beyond just game studios, why aren’t there more employee owned companies?
When Starbucks was unionizing I made the comment that if I were the corporation I would just get out and let the employees run it. I got flamed for this attitude. What is so terrible about employee owned companies?
Corrupt board and uncovered undelivered shorting would be my guess.
Houseboats don’t take much maintenance or hangars. Yes certainly my own private flying yacht. I don’t want to share.eith people I might not like.
I think a better luxury air yacht could be done better: Make a lightweight house boat. Attach a n airboat drive. Fly a pioneer aerospace parafoil off the deck and sip mimosas on the deck while cruising at 28mph over the Amazon basin.
I would be very selective on where I used battery power, if at all. At the moment I think I would use grid power instead. For air conditioning I would get the house as cold as I could while the sun was shining then coast throughout the night. Same for the refrigerator. I would run the table saw on dc directly from the solar panels.
Much of the existing grid’s issues could be fixed with reconductorting. Changing the design of renewable interconnect for half-cycle ride-through and power-factor compensation would have been interesting but now there is so much capacity this is practically inconsequential.
As DC interconnects becomes more common the grid becomes more resilient and flexible. Most of these are paid for with private investor money.