Where have you seen that, what a terrible idea!

In the user manuals for the inverters I’ve looked at installing. Same is true for many battery inverters.

If they need to integrate with a grid supply at all, they must switch at precisely the right frequency. Mains frequency drifts and so that frequency must come from the grid.

Now some will also have a grid isolated mode where they can generate their own frequency when there’s no other option, but that’s not on all models as it’s a feature they don’t need for 99.99% of their life, especially when grid operators generally don’t want people energising the grid from their batteries when the mains is down as it puts workmen at risk. Cables become live at unexpected times. So if you do have an inverter capable of running without mains you also have to have isolation switch so you only energised your own wiring.

An alternative is a separate isolated output that only ever runs on the generated power and not the mains, but that’s a pain for all the rest of the time.

Right but, for example,

• most solar Inverters require a power supply to operate and define the switching frequency.
• Distributed storage and private generation may have enabled some areas to get by on reduced supply.
• Turbines and solar farms may have been in locations threatened by the fires or been damaged by ash / other debris.
• Repairing grid structure whilst the may be private batteries or generation online (damaged or not) might slow things down for safety reasons.

Once the electrons are on the wires I agree with you, it’s all much the same. However there are other aspects and I expect we’re still learning the good and the bad.

I’d be more interested to know how things have been in the recent disaster scenarios. The fires have downed power infrastructure all over the place. Have renewables been a positive, negative, or no different in terms of keeping the power on for people?

The WHO squandered multiple opportunities to investigate and understand COVID better because it was afraid of “biting the hand that feeds it”. It lost it’s independence in the exact situation it needs to be independent. Money bought a blind eye. That’s called corruption.

Now, that doesn’t mean Trumps corrupt arse is withdrawing from WHO for the right reasons, but it’s perfectly reasonable to be critical of the WHO after COVID

Trouble is that pushing the bytes on will be really difficult.

It’s a media that contains what a USB drive does. That’s great for one movie, not really as a slow data storage device.

This is particularly applicable around downed power cables. Do NOT approach. You don’t need to touch it to become the wire.

For example: in LA right now

Wait… China has patent office?

The graphics API isn’t something superficial. The source engine was designed from the ground up around APIs from 20 years ago. Any Vulkan adapter will be a bodge.

You are talking about a game that was developed before Vulkan was a glint in Khronos’ eye.