The US is using so much solar power it'll have to prepare for the August eclipse
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Re: The US is using so much solar power it'll have to prepare for the August eclipse
#2This occurred a few years ago in Europe - I graphed what happened with my solar panels.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2015/03/the-eclipses-effect-on-sola...
For UK / Europe the effect was broadly similar to normal cloud cover. Something that California rarely experiences ;-)
An eclipse is more predictable than the weather - so other sources of energy can be used to offset any disruption.
Re: The US is using so much solar power it'll have to prepare for the August eclipse
#3QZ has become a spam and advertising cesspool. I couldn't find the story the first two times I tried until I realized by default it only shows ads and garbage until you click the small "show story" button.
Re: The US is using so much solar power it'll have to prepare for the August eclipse
#4I think this can be handled with a little of preparation just like it was handled elsewhere in the past.
If you look at the chart in the PDF, at the point of maximum impact the net load will be 23.5GW instead of 16.5GW
Re: The US is using so much solar power it'll have to prepare for the August eclipse
#5QZ has become a spam and advertising cesspool. I couldn't find the story the first two times I tried until I realized by default it only shows ads and garbage until you click the small "show story" button.
>QZ has become a spam and advertising cesspool.
These companies keep popping up promising to "disrupt" the media world (I'll throw Medium in there as well), and end up right back at the basic model, spamming readers with advertising.
It's such an interesting market; it's literally delivering text, and we have such a convenient way to consume it. Sure some text is (far) better than others, but like many products, the average person doesn't care at best, and can't tell the difference between crap and good at the worst.
People are going to have to get used to paying for good content. I hope it happens sooner than later.
Re: The US is using so much solar power it'll have to prepare for the August eclipse
#6The article doesn't mention a decrease in demand from air conditioning. Has that been factored in?
Re: The US is using so much solar power it'll have to prepare for the August eclipse
#7QZ has become a spam and advertising cesspool. I couldn't find the story the first two times I tried until I realized by default it only shows ads and garbage until you click the small "show story" button.
> QZ has become a spam and advertising cesspool. These companies keep popping up promising to "disrupt" the media world (I'll throw Medium in there as well), and end up right back at the basic model, spamming readers with advertising. It's such an interesting market; it's literally delivering text, and we have such a convenient way to consume it. Sure some text is (far) better than others, but like many products, the…
It appears that this article is a summary of one in the Financial Times, which requires payment. The fact that the summary from qz.com got to the front page and the original from ft.com didn't shows you what people actually prefer, regardless of what they might say.
I don't see the cesspool that the grandparent comment describes, though. Even in incognito mode with my adblocker disabled, I see the article immediately. There's a gigantic annoying video banner ad at the top, but the story begins right below it, and after that there's one more fairly reasonable ad in the middle of the article. Maybe they're doing some analytics to decide how much they can annoy you, and the other person got incorrectly pegged as someone who can take a lot.
Re: The US is using so much solar power it'll have to prepare for the August eclipse
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
> QZ has become a spam and advertising cesspool. These companies keep popping up promising to "disrupt" the media world (I'll throw Medium in there as well), and end up right back at the basic model, spamming readers with advertising. It's such an interesting market; it's literally delivering text, and we have such a convenient way to consume it. Sure some text is (far) better than others, but like many products, the…
It appears that this article is a summary of one in the Financial Times, which requires payment. The fact that the summary from qz.com got to the front page and the original from ft.com didn't shows you what people actually prefer, regardless of what they might say. I don't see the cesspool that the grandparent comment describes, though. Even in incognito mode with my adblocker disabled, I see the article immediately…
I was wondering about his experience too… if viewed on a shorter screen like an 11" Macbook, it's 100% ad.
I read Quartz on RSS, so my knee-jerk is "what are you talking about, they do exemplary journalism." The web version is indeed butt.
Re: The US is using so much solar power it'll have to prepare for the August eclipse
#9The article doesn't mention a decrease in demand from air conditioning. Has that been factored in?
Are you implying that people will turn off their air conditioners for the brief <5 minutes of darkness? I really doubt this.
Re: The US is using so much solar power it'll have to prepare for the August eclipse
#10The article doesn't mention a decrease in demand from air conditioning. Has that been factored in?
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