Renewable energy is not a free lunch. The sun doesnt shine at night, the wind doesnt always blow and hydro can run out of water in a drought and there isnt enough of it for current needs never mind projected ones including the massive rise from EV charging.

It is a bit of a sick joke that these Arabian countries who are perfectly suited with more than enough empty desert to provide all their electricity needs with solar (during the day anyway) mainly burn oil and gas instead.

Beyond the TOS, there are actual laws that might apply to this situation.

First thing that comes to mind? Depending on the method used, it might fall afoul of the The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Not all Discord messages are public, and if some technical abuse was involved in accessing messages in an unauthorized manner (peeking into DMs, servers you've not actually joined, etc) then that could be grounds for criminal prosecution.

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I said survival of the fittest. Thats intersects evolution but its not the same thing you fucking idiot. Perhaps go grow some brain cells before you post again and try learning to read english while you're at it.

Considering there are EVs that are 10+ years old and still doing just fine, I challenge the "isn't insignificant" part.

BMW, Audi, Tesla, and Ford warranty their packs will retain 70% capacity for 8 years/100K miles. Hyundai does 70% at 10Y/100K. Rivian is 70% at 8Y/175K. This gives us a pretty good picture of what to expect at a minimum - The manufacturers are willing to put their money down on these numbers, so chances are good they will be exceeded for most owners.

People like GP are constantly wanting to conflate EV batteries with cell phone batteries. They are not even remotely the same.
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Wow, how many straw mans can someone fit in a single post.

I suggest you find someone who matches those made up views you ascribed go me and argue it out with them.

You need to revisit your logic, its screwed. You might as well say chuck 100 things into a river, 80% sink, throw the remaining 20% in again and 80% of those sink. Its BS.

> the demand and supply must always match

Correct. Overproduction results in increase in grid frequency which can cause a lot of damage.

> this means that that you produce more than you need and have to either sell outside ... or switch off the source

Or import less (Cali imports up to ~30% of its power from Arizona and Utah). In this case, the a good chunk of that excess power seems to have been absorbed by temporarily increasing demand through charging grid scale batteries. That energy can be (and has been) released later in the day to help offset peak loads, allowing utilities to avoid spinning up expensive gas turbines.

> If on the other hand they invested in say nuclear this would not be necessary

Nuclear is far and away the most expensive and has the longest lead time. It also has a problem of needing large supplies of water, and that water needs to be not too warm or else they need to throttle or shut down the plant. Drought and heat waves are both issues in California so expanding nuclear power is difficult even if the local population was accepting of their presence.

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"Or they were just healthier to begin with, or more favourably situated"

Maybe healthier - which can also be down to genetics - but I doubt location matters much when talking about the warming of the entire ocean.

Would some idiot mods have preferred it if 0% survived or something??

Coral bleaching is serious, but at least 20% survived in this case which means theres some hope or is hope a downvote too you p***ks?

"You can't just assume the temperature tolerance gene(s) can emerge suddenly"

Well for a start its probably more than one gene or could even be epigeneticy. But that fact tat 20% survived means they obviously have some kind of natural tolerance and will pass it on to the next generation. Thats all that matters ultimately.

Most languages have cons as well as pros. Python has its meaningful whitespace BS and typeless variables. JS also has typeless variables that have led to god knows how many bugs over the years. Java is slow and bloated, C# is ok but can't do any low level and to do anything serious Windows specific whatever the Mono crowd may say.

Yes C has its faults but its lasted 50 years so must be doing something right because no language has enough inertia to last that long if its total crap.

"they literally produce too much of it to the point that they'd overload their grid if they didn't"

Most green generating systems can be shut off almost immediately - wind, solar, hydro etc. So why not just ask the producers to stop generating? Thats what we do here in the UK (albeit paying the producers for lost income but thats another discussion)

Survival of the fittest in action and 20% is more than enough to allow the coral to recover though obviously it'll take years. Of course if the temps rise beyond what any genetic mixing and mutations can account for then they could be in serious trouble.

> What the heck kind of tortured cherry picked thing is this?

It's pretty simple? For 30 of the past 38 days, renewable energy production exceeded energy demand for at least 15 minutes.

While the 38 days part is a little strange, this is overall good information. Paired with their burgeoning energy storage capacity it means we are starting to catch a glimpse of the break-over point where we have 100% renewable energy 24/7. 15 minutes of surplus means 15 minutes of not burning fossil fuels after the sun sets.

It's a start, and already more than the shills told us was impossible.
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