Dear Void,

I think a lot of thoughts. A lot of these thoughts are things I don't want to keep to myself, but they don't really fit anywhere in my surroundings. I've decided I'll share them with you. Thanks for listening.

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[crazy-pages]

This article is actually about a very serious problem. If you overgenerate electricity it increases the phase frequency of the power grid, and if that goes out of sync with your generators (including solar panels) it can destroy them. In the kind of way where your power grid is fucked for months. It is very very very very bad.

California started a program to make solar panels more affordable by offering very low interest rates for solar panels, to allow people to benefit from their lifetime $/energy cost that's below fossil fuels, without having to worry about the high frontloaded cost. However they did not do this for batteries. And power grid quality batteries with massive energy storage and serious charge-discharge lifetimes, are expensive.

And they did this because while solar panels are cheaper than fossil fuels per kilowatt hour of electricity over their lifetime, solar panels plus batteries are not. And California wanted a supplemented free market solution and didn't really want to think about the part that direct government intervention in the form of taxation and paying for this change would be necessary.

So everyone in California just kept adding solar panels to the grid with no disconnect mechanisms, until eventually it hit a point where at noon, solar panels generated more power than the entire grid needed. With no batteries to store the excess. This is a motherfucking power grid killer. It is a scenario where people get left in the fucking dark for months because of how badly it destroys the powergrid.

So the power grid authorities did the only thing they could do. They called up every industrial plant with heavy duty equipment and ovens they could and paid them to turn it on full blast (because using that equipment costs money in wear and tear even without the electricity cost). And in doing so, avoided disaster.

That's what this article is talking about. They are solar panel researchers criticizing a capitalist adoption strategy and promoting direct government intervention to create renewable energy. However as with most newspapers they don't get to choose the title, the editor picks the most provocative title that will get clicks.

[voidcorrespondence]

Dear Void,

There's a gal that I really really really want to kiss.

Thanks for listening.

[voidcorrespondence]

Dear Void,

I'm taking him belt shopping tomorrow because his belt is so broken he has just reglued the buckle on multiple times. I know he only sees me as a friend, I'm not doing this to try and change his feelings or whatever. And we are friends, good friends; it's not like I wouldn't do this for him if I didn't have feelings for him. At least, that's what I tell myself.

Thanks for listening.

[voidcorrespondence]

Dear Void,

Last night he mentioned they were ring shopping.

Thanks for listening.

[voidcorrespondence]

Dear Void,

I'm hopelessly in love. He has a girlfriend. She's perfect and that makes me hate myself even more bc I hate her. The first two times I met her I was accidentally third wheeling. They've been official for a little more than a month now. She's so perfect. She's so kind. Any time I see her or her brings her up I feel absolutely sick. Every day I worry he's going to propose to her. If and when he proposes I will probably kill myself.

Thanks for listening.

[voidcorrespondence]

Dear Void,

It's been a while. So much has happened with mass dork. He was basically leading me on, I was really upset with him for a couple weeks, we became good again, he freaking kisses me AGAIN then tells me he's not interested in me that way. I gave him space to figure himself out for the last week, and as of last night we're talking again. So we're friends now. What a wild ride.

Thanks for listening.

[voidcorrespondence]

Dear Void,

He broke my heart. He led me on and let me believe he was interested in me romantically and then yesterday he told me he truly only saw me as a friend. To his credit, he feels awful about what he did and knows he is in the wrong. I don't hold grudges for very long so I still consider him a friend and I assume we will go back to being close fairly soon. But for now I'm extremely upset with him and completely heartbroken. I was getting over my crush on him and then he went and made me fall for him again and gave me hope before crushing it again. I'm just so upset.

Thanks for listening.

[voidcorrespondence]

Dear Void,

Our date went well, we decided to keep going on dates but not to become official or date exclusively yet. We're seeing each other again today. I'm so excited.

Thanks for listening.

[voidcorrespondence]

Dear Void,

So uhhhhhhhhhhhh I kinda made out with mass dork tonight?? And we have a date tomorrow now!??? How does this thing just happen to me??????

Thanks for listening.

[voidcorrespondence]

Dear Void,

I have officially kissed more than one person. I have a date on Tuesday. And I discovered I like getting my hair pulled. It's been an eventful weekend.

Thanks for listening.

[voidcorrespondence]

Dear Void,

Holy moly I have a date with a cute guy in 17 hours.

Thanks for listening.

[voidcorrespondence]

Dear Void,

I am severely depressed. I had to hype myself up to get off the couch and grab a few more crackers that I wanted to eat. My skinny jeans are tucked into my knee high socks. I am really, really sick and I don't know what to do to fix it.

Thanks for listening.

[voidcorrespondence]

Dear Void,

Apparently a guy flirted with me today? And I didn't even notice?? I guess we'll have to see what happens there.

Thanks for listening.

[voidcorrespondence]

Dear Void,

I'm going to anonymously give my friend $70 tomorrow. His car was unfairly booted and he doesn't deserve that kind of a toll for an honest mistake. He can never know about this.

Thanks for listening.

[voidcorrespondence]

Dear Void,

I asked him out!!! One of our friends has a short film premiere on Wednesday so I asked if he'd be my date and he said he'd love to! I panicked because for whatever reason I wasn't thinking about how I'd respond after he answered, so I ended up saying "Cool, thanks. Thanks?" Then I inhaled too quickly and began coughing, after which I said "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go faint." And I left the room, walked quickly into the bathroom, and sat on the floor for half an hour until I stopped shaking. All in all, I'm excited for this date.

Thanks for listening.

[voidcorrespondence]

Dear Void,

I really really really like this boy.

Thanks for listening.

[voidcorrespondence]

Dear Void,

All my friends tell me about their crushes and love life issues, and it makes me feel trusted and loved. Unrelated to each other, two of my friends have told me about their crushes. I have all the power except when it comes to MY OWN FREAKING LOVE LIFE.

Thanks for listening.