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Comment Re:Biggest issue is still liability (Score 2) 177

Same thing that happens when a modern car with brake assist rear ends an old car with better brakes and traction.

If your car has shitty brakes you leave extra room. Good drivers realize that 'shitty brakes' is always relative.

If you're driving a crazy high performance car you moderate your brake use to avoid being rear ended.

Comment Re:And now why this can not be done in the USofA (Score 1) 317

Your theory is that the operators don't know if they are making money? Interesting theory.

There are issues with local gen, lineman safety and regulation, same as for solar. But if there is one synchronized generator still on line the little generators stay in synch by the laws of physics. For a farmer, maintaining power at an incorrect frequency is better than no power at all. See also backup generators. You do have to be careful not to kill linemen who expect lines to be dead. This is a solved problem.

You don't lose fish to small generators on rivers that are already cut off from migration. You gain local, non migratory, fish in the pond.

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