On Thursday, 2 August 2018 17:15:56 UTC+1, bert wrote:
In article ,
tabbypurr writes
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.

of course they make it worse, but demand management has the potential to improve costs either way

There is an infinite supply of electricity in
the universe.

On earth there isn't.

Really what is the limit?

clue: it costs. Maybe you have infinite money, or delusions thereof.

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.

ookay

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.

you don't have to
nor will you when demand management gets here. You can carry on as ever, immersion heater adjusting itself automatically, or you can if you choose trim costs by delaying some things. The unemployed will presumably do the latter. Or continue running out of money all the time.


NT