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Mike Hansen
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Very concerned about climate change. Quals. in Science & IT. Following climate & energy topics.
I think that is essentially the same theory

“Eduardo Prieto, director of Spanish transmission system operator Red Eléctrica, on Monday said the blackout had been caused by a “very strong oscillation in the electrical network” that led Spain’s power system to “disconnect from the European system …”
April 29, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Conductor gallop - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM
For how long? AI picked up a nonsense phrase & it is now appearing in “published papers”. 😱

theconversation.com/a-weird-phra...
A weird phrase is plaguing scientific papers – and we traced it back to a glitch in AI training data
Once errors creep into the AI knowledge base, they can be very hard to get out.
theconversation.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I used Grok 3 to review it and it identified many of the same problems. 😁
April 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
If people want to stump up 70% of the cost of a currently expensive residential battery, they will be doing us all a big favour by moving solar to the evening peak and reducing the a amount of expensive gas being burnt. The rebate is leverage to mobilise substantially more investment.
April 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Same complaint is made about solar panel rebates. Solar panels a decade ago were expensive so few could afford them. But that scheme was a huge success kick starting an industry that has since installed 4 million, now more affordable solar systems overwhelmingly on working class households.
April 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Some NSW network companies are introducing a charge for large solar exports during the middle of the day to encourage more self consumption. You may not notice it as it will probably be hidden behind the retailer’s FiT offers. Long explanation here.

onestepoffthegrid.com.au/sun-tax-when...
Sun tax: When it will hit, what it will cost and why solar export tariffs remain controversial - One Step Off The Grid
Reports that NSW solar households are about to get slugged with shock new export tariffs are exaggerated – but only slightly. The sun tax is coming and it is controversial.
onestepoffthegrid.com.au
December 23, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Reposted by Mike Hansen
With eleven months of the year now in, 2024 will be the warmest year on record in the ERA5 dataset, at around 1.59C (with a 95% confidence interval of 1.57C to 1.61C given uncertainty in December temperatures).
December 2, 2024 at 11:39 PM