That’s a bizzare and frankly nonsensical argument. First of all, power is not just necessary when working (leisure, ac, etc use power too), secondly there are tons of jobs which have to be done at night. They’re not done at night “just because”. I’m sure many of those would like to “not work” at night, but then the world wouldn’t work…
Then there’s also the problem that not everywhere has sufficient sunlight during winter. It’d be impossible to power Sweden throughout winter using only solar power for instance. Solar is great, but the solution to achieve greater adoption isn’t just to ignore the downsides with it, but rather to accomdate them.
The problem is that most power during the night isn’t used for critical services like healthcare, but rather manufacturing. So resting during the night argument is more directed towards that. For former there is sufficient battery capacity.
Solar advanced quite a lot, that I could argue, that Sweden can adopt solar panels. I agree it wouldn’t be as efficient like near the equator, but still usable. Not to mention that wind power is always an option. Sweden is also connected to European grid, so they are not required to manufacture solar themselves.
Main idea is that accomodation is necessary, due to limited and unachievable battery capacity compared to what we use today. Using batteries for cars is nonsensical imho
That’s a bizzare and frankly nonsensical argument. First of all, power is not just necessary when working (leisure, ac, etc use power too), secondly there are tons of jobs which have to be done at night. They’re not done at night “just because”. I’m sure many of those would like to “not work” at night, but then the world wouldn’t work… Then there’s also the problem that not everywhere has sufficient sunlight during winter. It’d be impossible to power Sweden throughout winter using only solar power for instance. Solar is great, but the solution to achieve greater adoption isn’t just to ignore the downsides with it, but rather to accomdate them.
The problem is that most power during the night isn’t used for critical services like healthcare, but rather manufacturing. So resting during the night argument is more directed towards that. For former there is sufficient battery capacity.
Solar advanced quite a lot, that I could argue, that Sweden can adopt solar panels. I agree it wouldn’t be as efficient like near the equator, but still usable. Not to mention that wind power is always an option. Sweden is also connected to European grid, so they are not required to manufacture solar themselves.
Main idea is that accomodation is necessary, due to limited and unachievable battery capacity compared to what we use today. Using batteries for cars is nonsensical imho