[External] Re: 10g residential CPE

Sun Dec 27 16:14:33 UTC 2020

On 12/27/20 2:26 AM, Mark Tinka wrote:
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> On 12/26/20 23:57, Michael Thomas wrote:
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>> Yeah, it burned somebody's house to a crisp here last year around 
>> here. It certainly makes the case why leaving professionals in charge 
>> of power issues is the better idea. although with pg&e it's a tough 
>> call, my telco not so much.
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> I considered a generator at some point, for home back up.
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> In the end, and for various reasons, I settled on renewables.
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> I'm just not sure where all that Li-Ion will go after 15 - 20 years of 
> use, though...
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> One European manufacturer (the one whose battery I bought) says that 
> as of now, they can only recycle 20% of each battery they sell. To me, 
> that sounds like just the metal case enclosure, and the plastic facia.
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> Ah well, maybe disposal tech. for Li-Ion storage will have improved by 
> 2040.
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We have both, and are going to get a battery. But the battery would 
probably only be good for about a day which is not enough, especially 
with these planned shutoffs because they have to inspect their wire 
plant in daylight. There has to be a better technical solution for this 
beyond just burying the wires. A properly trained AI could probably 
figure out what's naught and nice.

Mike