• Pxtl
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    7 months ago

    My solution: stop holding public consultations.

    We are a nation of laws, not squeaky wheels.

    • m0darn
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      7 months ago

      Don’t you think it’s good for the company if the death threat is received before they’ve spent millions of dollars on construction/procurement? While they can still afford to shift locations to a welcoming community? Don’t you think the consultation process may have alerted the company to the threat of vandalism and sabotage to their project?

      If I was building an industrial facility in a small town, I’d want to know the locals’ priorities re: noise vs visual aesthetics vs smells vs funding local community projects so that I could keep the electorate happy and not have to go head to head with a hostile local government making new rules to make my life miserable.

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        7 months ago

        If I was building an industrial facility in a small town

        You’ve never held a battery in your hands?

        They make no noise.
        They produce virtually no smells.
        They would be inside featureless buildings.

        I don’t know what grid storage you’ve been looking at, but battery storage is usually even more unobtrusive than distribution substations. We’re literally talking about some warehouse-looking building that is eminently forgettable.

        • m0darn
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          7 months ago

          My comment was within the context of the person I was replying to suggesting companies should abandon public consultations all together.

        • Splitdipless
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          7 months ago

          Small cells and industrial plants are different. Charging some cells produces an off-gas of hydrogen, which requires you to change the air in the room with the cells, which means fans. You also have to ensure that the temperature of the room stays within certain bounds, which could mean bigger fans.

          In terms of cells, batteries don’t really smell like anything I find. However, you need to top up the water levels which requires distilled or deionized water. Will they be doing water treatment on site?

          All that being said, there’s more than enough room for a discussion about concerns. These yokels jumped right to death threats instead of progress. I wish nothing but rolling blackouts and a lack of jobs for them in the future.

      • Rodeo
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        7 months ago

        Why would you go through all that when you can just bribe the local officials instead

        • m0darn
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          7 months ago

          Because it can be really expensive and risky to bribe local officials