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2026-07-26 14:21 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/116986124245760573 Reminds me of how people are scared of EVs because "the batteries might catch fire" in ways that a 50 litre petrol tank definitely never would. Every narrative is political.

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@fullywoolly@mastodon.social 2026-07-26 14:34

@bodil@social.treehouse.systems I agree every narrative is political. I don't know what kind of regulations solar panels have as I've never been in a position to buy or design them. If there are regulations that must be followed to let them be connected to the utility that can make them safer, that would be a good thing. The hard part about engineering from my experience is people or teams make assumptions that don't take into account tolerance stackups and part per million failures that can happen at commercial scale.

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@fullywoolly@mastodon.social 2026-07-26 14:35

@bodil@social.treehouse.systems i definitely appreciate your putting it into perspective with probabilities from other failures though. That's super important.

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