• Kimano@lemmy.world
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    3 hours 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.

    • Aeri@lemmy.world
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      26 minutes 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?

      • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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        20 minutes ago

        Not really. You can discharge into the ground, but for large installations even the ground has a limited (local) capacity.