You can run it through a very large grid of aluminum fins which get hot, and you know, I don't know, boil water with it or something to be used for uh, purposes, such as heated water. :)

[–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 year ago

So... You can use it. As exactly described. By the description of the problem.

Sorry for being snarky, but this is exactly what the "paying people to use your energy" part of this situation is.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep absolutely

a few kW? I can burn that no problem. A MW? Well...that takes a little more thought. A GW? That's a whole different ballgame.

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha, thanks for taking my comment with humor and stride. Yeah, you're right. I still think having too much energy is a good problem to have overall.

I do microsolar and when my batteries are full (rare), I just unplug them. The solar panels just sit baking in the sun, and then cool off at night.

[–] speedingcheese@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is microsolar? Tried looking it up, didn’t come up with much.

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

It's having a very small (typically less than 2 kW) solar system