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bert[_7_]

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On Wednesday, 1 August 2018 21:02:59 UTC+1, bert wrote:

The only reason we need demand management is because of the obsession
with stupid renewables.

No it's not. Matching demand to supply reduces generation &
infrastucture costs.

Not as much as renewables which requires double the generating plant. We
match supply to demand constantly right now.
There is an infinite supply of electricity in
the universe.

On earth there isn't.

Really what is the limit?
All you have to do is rotate a piece of wire in a magnetic
field FFS. The only overhead is the distribution infrastructure which
amounts to stringing a few more wires across the countryside on pylons
and a few transformers.

I think you'll find in both cases there's a good bit more to it

Not a lot.
I have throughout my lifetime had a continuous supply of the stuff as
much as I wanted whenever I wanted it.

I doubt that

You call this progress?

call what progress?

Having to organise my life around electricity supply.
Tell the greens to go **** themselves and build nukes.

Nukes are the CO2-free option. Demand management will at some point be
cheaper - that's all it is, a money saving measure, IF implemented when
it saves money. Given the political nature of society I expect it'll be
implemented before then.

NT

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bert