Elon Musk helps solve Australian Cities Power Problem

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"Mr Musk has weighed into South Australia’s energy crisis, boldly claiming he can fix the problem for $33 million and in under 100 days."

 

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/elon-musk-says-his-tesla-battery-company-could-solve-south-australias-energy-crisis-in-100-days/news-story/9bec22122086cb5941d4c05916340def?utm_source=The Advertiser&utm_mediam=email&utm_campaign=editorial

 

Sounds interesting, but would it work?

[Nicnac]

If anyone can do it it's Musk  

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Just now, Nicnac said:

If anyone can do it it's Musk  

but in 100 days????!!!

[VerticalDiscussions]

Damn, the guy is savage af!

[FusionDeck]

I live in SA (the state effected) and anything is worth a shot at this point. We had a state wide blackout for over 8 hours last year (EVREY resident in the whole state lost power!!!).

 

It's getting really bad.

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Just now, FusionDeck said:

I live in SA (the state effected) and anything is worth a shot at this point. We had a state wide blackout for over 8 hours last year (EVREY resident in the whole state lost power!!!).

 

It's getting really bad.

 

yeah i didnt get my power back till the next morning during the statewide one, the school i attend in plympton was a victim of load shedding just last week

it was also 33°C

[FusionDeck]

Just now, AndromedaProductions said:

yeah i didnt get my power back till the next morning during the statewide one, the school i attend in plympton was a victim of load shedding just last week

it was also 33°C

 

I was supposed to work that night and lost over 4 hours worth of pay because I was told not to go in.

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1 minute ago, FusionDeck said:

I was supposed to work that night and lost over 4 hours worth of pay because I was told not to go in.

the mcdonalds i used to work at lost all their stock haha. i really hope jay at least considers this plan

 

[FusionDeck]

1 minute ago, AndromedaProductions said:

the mcdonalds i used to work at lost all their stock haha. i really hope jay at least considers this plan

 

 

My store's grills had issues the next day and we were unable to serve a lot of product because of issues with different machines aha

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Just now, FusionDeck said:

My store's grills had issues the next day and we were unable to serve a lot of product because of issues with different machines aha

 

sa just needs to get their sht sorted

[Froody129]

1 hour ago, AndromedaProductions said:

yeah i didnt get my power back till the next morning during the statewide one, the school i attend in plympton was a victim of load shedding just last week

it was also 33°C

Why does the temperature matter? Do you guys air condition your schools!? 

[potoooooooo]

53 minutes ago, Froody129 said:

Why does the temperature matter? Do you guys air condition your schools!? 

Do you not AC your schools?

 

People would drop dead if there wasn't AC

[spwath]

6 minutes ago, potoooooooo said:

Do you not AC your schools?

 

People would drop dead if there wasn't AC

We don't. But a very hot day for us is like 90f, and that's very very hot.

[dalekphalm]

2 hours ago, AndromedaProductions said:

but in 100 days????!!!

The proposed project is a 100MW battery plant in South Australia.

 

The reason why he's claiming he can do it in 100 days, is that his company recently built a 90MW battery plant in California in 90 days.

[Sakkura]

MWh, not MW. Guessing they would never want to drain it in just one hour.

 

Musk is basically promising to deliver twice the energy storage per dollar of the open-market Powerwall 2. Considering the benefits of buying in bulk, it doesn't seem unreasonable. Whether it's practical to deliver to South Australia on that budget and schedule though, I don't know.

[Froody129]

22 minutes ago, potoooooooo said:

Do you not AC your schools?

 

People would drop dead if there wasn't AC

Lol no. I live in South Africa so I understand heat, it is honestly a waste of money and electricity capacity to AC schools. 

[vorticalbox]

35 minutes ago, potoooooooo said:

Do you not AC your schools?

 

People would drop dead if there wasn't AC

Come to Scotland, we need to have the heating on most of the time

[dalekphalm]

25 minutes ago, Froody129 said:

Lol no. I live in South Africa so I understand heat, it is honestly a waste of money and electricity capacity to AC schools. 

Says you. Personally I prefer using modern science and technology to have a comfortable climate experience indoors.

[dizmo]

6 hours ago, AndromedaProductions said:

but in 100 days????!!!

Sure, why not?

4 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

The reason why he's claiming he can do it in 100 days, is that his company recently built a 90MW battery plant in California in 90 days.

Not only that, you throw enough bodies at something and you can do it in no time. Japan is an excellent example of that.

https://multimedia.guardianapis.com/interactivevideos/video.php?octopusid=11846541&format=video/mp4

3 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

Says you. Personally I prefer using modern science and technology to have a comfortable climate experience indoors.

Especially when it comes to comfortably learning! Or flirting. Whatever you end up doing during your education.

[yathis]

10 hours ago, FusionDeck said:

I live in SA (the state effected) and anything is worth a shot at this point. We had a state wide blackout for over 8 hours last year (EVREY resident in the whole state lost power!!!).

 

It's getting really bad.

Time to buy a generator, look into biogas/woodgas.

[JohnnyCorporalTech]

9 hours ago, spwath said:

We don't. But a very hot day for us is like 90f, and that's very very hot.

Yeah most schools in Australia don't have Air Con, with the exception of private. Even here in Queensland at my school, where the principal is literally running for MP, She prefers to spend the schools cash on replacing all the schools grass with fake stuff and spending literally thousands of dollars on paint, when the only places that have air-conditioning is the Library and the IT support Staff room. 

 

It sometimes gets up to nearly 40 degrees C and we are expected to work in class rooms with no air-con and none of the fans work. 

 

[yathis]

Does Australia have an abundance of wood?

They use woodgas in the world wars. Its far less powerful, and way more dirty, but wood is dirt cheap. $50 for a chord of wood, and they say it lasts for 5000 miles with a V8 Dakota. Ideally they use V12 Dodges

[MrTiC]

Elon is gonna turn the whole earth into a batterie 

[yathis]

Actually Elon wants humans to live on Mars and he will capitalize on it.

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5 hours ago, JohnnyCorporalTech said:

Yeah most schools in Australia don't have Air Con, with the exception of private.

 

my school is private and we have ducted, but it wont work without power, thats the issue