Michael Brazier

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• Commented on Cyberpunk 2.0: Political economy, energy, and the future US
  The main obstacle to Tres Amigas is political: if the Texas power grid were connected to the Eastern or Western grids, that would create a legal pretext to transfer control of the Texas grid to the federal government. The Texas...
• Commented on Cyberpunk 2.0: Political economy, energy, and the future US
  You don't move electricity from solar farms to server farms by sending a truck full of batteries each day. You transmit electricity over wires, just like now. Why wouldn't you send a truck full of batteries from a solar farm,...
• Commented on Cyberpunk 2.0: Political economy, energy, and the future US
  Low energy density systems are fine for stationary electrical storage. No miracles are necessary. The energy density achievable with lead-acid batteries (~40 watt-hours per kilogram, ~100 wH/liter) is fine for stationary storage. Want to power your detached suburban home in...
• Commented on Cyberpunk 2.0: Political economy, energy, and the future US
  Homework problem for you: assuming perfect efficiency, how large an area of PV cells is required to collect the energy generated by burning 1 liter of gasoline?...
• Commented on Cyberpunk 2.0: Political economy, energy, and the future US
  "He also assumes that we'll develop progressively better batteries or energy storage technologies ..." This step in Dr. Jacobson's plans is basically "Then a miracle occurs." The density of energy storage needed to replace the electrical power grid of a...