Message-ID: <67593bb7@news.ausics.net> From: Computer Nerd Kev Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <56e44c18-2ec1-6181-ec48-9ab3819c77dc@example.net> User-Agent: tin/2.0.1-20111224 ("Achenvoir") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.31 (i686)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 11 Dec 2024 17:13:59 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 37 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62182 The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 07/12/2024 18:24, Rich wrote: >> Nighttime is the big one. Until the world's electric grids are >> sufficiently interconnected that power generated in the Saraha Desert >> at noon can be shipped to the other side of the world where it is dark >> to supply power to that location there*must* be some storage, somehow, >> to account for night/twilight/a run of 14+ overcast days/etc. >> > When I did all these calculations years ago the answer that came up > every time was 'nuclear is simply cheaper, more reliable, more self > sufficient and in every way better' As it happens an Australian report with contradictory conclusions has been all over the local media: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-09/nuclear-power-plant-twice-as-costly-as-renewables/104691114 https://www.csiro.au/en/research/technology-space/energy/GenCost More sunny here than most places, of course. >> And, even if the world's electric grid was interconnected sufficient to >> ship solar power from Africa to the other side of the globe, we measly >> humans would simply use those interconnnects to try to enforce >> geopolitical rules on other locations we don't like by attempting to >> deny them "night time power". > > Or the Russians would cut the cable anyway, just for kicks. There's a project to export solar power from Australia to Singapore through an undersea cable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia-Asia_Power_Link https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41825-020-00032-z I wouldn't bet on it myself though. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#