OPINION | Cryptocurrency mining could provide electricity demand when prices would otherwise dip to zero or negative, helping renewable energy sources remain pr
I’m fully aware grid-scale storage has its challenges, but something as simple as heating water a large boiler using excess capacity is more useful than mining crypto. Literally any other use is more useful to humanity than crypto.
We don’t have to make everything about profit, if a company can afford to operate and pay their employees a living wage they’re a success. They don’t need to make tons of extra money on top of that
This “tell me you … without telling me …” phrase often comes out of know-it-alls who at the same time as putting down others’ knowledge; come across as smug experts who have nothing better to say than to trot out this phrase.
I think you need to update your thinkinghttps://octopus.energy/press/believe-it-or-watt-octopus-energy-customers-provide-108mw-of-grid-flexibility-in-first-saving-session-equivalent-of-a-gas-power-station/ - this is from a year ago, things have got bigger since then with more customers making cash through using their solar batteries in forced charge/discharge mode.
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I’m fully aware grid-scale storage has its challenges, but something as simple as heating water a large boiler using excess capacity is more useful than mining crypto. Literally any other use is more useful to humanity than crypto.
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Put your fingers in your ears if you want.
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We don’t have to make everything about profit, if a company can afford to operate and pay their employees a living wage they’re a success. They don’t need to make tons of extra money on top of that
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This “tell me you … without telling me …” phrase often comes out of know-it-alls who at the same time as putting down others’ knowledge; come across as smug experts who have nothing better to say than to trot out this phrase.
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I think you need to update your thinkinghttps://octopus.energy/press/believe-it-or-watt-octopus-energy-customers-provide-108mw-of-grid-flexibility-in-first-saving-session-equivalent-of-a-gas-power-station/ - this is from a year ago, things have got bigger since then with more customers making cash through using their solar batteries in forced charge/discharge mode.