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Yesterday the price of electricity in Finland was negative 1.5 cents / kWh in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

[–] DrunkenPirate 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yes, that was close to where I live in Western Germany. Last outburst of old thinking (I hope). Meanwhile, the power company said in the news, it doesn’t need that entire area and forest anymore, because renewables have gone too competitive. Coal is too costly now.

If you like to see a moon-alike area in a densly populated area in Western Germany - the open field coal area Hambaxh: https://maps.app.goo.gl/H47EKatEDyKut3XZ6?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy

As big as city of Cologne. I‘m happy that this is going to stop by 2030. Or even faster

And people wonder why I have a hard time believing Christianity in c/atheistmemes@lemmy.world

Yesterday the price of electricity in Finland was negative 1.5 cents / kWh in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

[–] DrunkenPirate 3 points 3 months ago

And when the sun and wind aren't active?

That is a serious issue. Under the hood the power grid is being reengineered to solve it. Lot of battery storages, pump lakes, and may be hydrogen conversion. Still this is an open issue. I love to follow the discussion in blogs and podcasts.

Yesterday the price of electricity in Finland was negative 1.5 cents / kWh in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

[–] DrunkenPirate 2 points 3 months ago

Yepp, that is the luck of geology.

Yesterday the price of electricity in Finland was negative 1.5 cents / kWh in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

[–] DrunkenPirate 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

At least we‘re on a track to carbon zero as you can see here: https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/germanys-energy-consumption-and-power-mix-charts

It‘s not perfect and could be faster. However, we‘re way better than other countries that don’t move.

Edit: I forgot to mention, that half the year Germanies power is over 50% from renewables. Share is increasing every year.

Yesterday the price of electricity in Finland was negative 1.5 cents / kWh in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

[–] DrunkenPirate -4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yes indeed. Best is to move to renewables as fast as possible. This will make power very cheap in the middle run.

Yesterday the price of electricity in Finland was negative 1.5 cents / kWh in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

And people wonder why I have a hard time believing Christianity in c/atheistmemes@lemmy.world

Yesterday the price of electricity in Finland was negative 1.5 cents / kWh in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

[–] DrunkenPirate 1 points 3 months ago (71 children)

Welcome to the world of renewables. We have quite some negative hours in Germany in summer when sun and wind are active simultaneously. Unfortunately Finland relies on nuclear, does it?

Ausflug nach Stonehenge: Was wir von der Steinzeit lernen könn(t)en in c/dach

[–] DrunkenPirate 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Ich hoffe, ihr habt es in einem grossen, Generationen überspannenden Gemeinschaftswerk getan und nicht andernorts Sklaven geraubt. Solche Kooperationsbereitschaft täte auch uns Postmodernen gut.

Die Steinzeit wird völlig zu Unrecht als rückständige und dunkle Ära der Menschheit verschrien.

Das ist ja mal ein großer Bullshit, die Steinzeit zu romantisieren und die doofen Social Mediazeiten anzuprangern. Eigentlich ist der ganze Artikel Bullshit.

Stonehenge wurde ziemlich sicher durch Sklaven errichtet. Es war in der Steinzeit allemal üblich das Nachbardorf zu überfallen, alle Männer umzubringen und die Frauen und Mädchen zu versklaven. Menschenrechte o.ä. waren gänzlich unbekannt. Veganismus, CiS/Quer/etc und Bekleidungsfreiheit? Über so etwas konnten die noch nicht mal nachdenken. Aber klar, die Steinzeit war spitze!

Quellen: Das Buch „Himmelsscheibe von Nebra“