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minus-squarewizzim@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-220 hours agoSorry for the naive question, but is it not possible to send the excess electricity to the ground (in the electrical sense)?
minus-squareSuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 hours agoIt would definitely need to be ground in a literal sense. And even the earth has its limits. Soil is only so conductive, pump enough energy into it and you’ll turn it to glass (which won’t conduct anymore).
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 hours agoTo effectively waste electric power like that would take quite a bit of effort. It would be easier to make a giant heater that heats up air. But that would of course also be absurd. Just turn off the wind turbines etc. to reduce power generation.
Sorry for the naive question, but is it not possible to send the excess electricity to the ground (in the electrical sense)?
It would definitely need to be ground in a literal sense.
And even the earth has its limits. Soil is only so conductive, pump enough energy into it and you’ll turn it to glass (which won’t conduct anymore).
To effectively waste electric power like that would take quite a bit of effort. It would be easier to make a giant heater that heats up air. But that would of course also be absurd. Just turn off the wind turbines etc. to reduce power generation.