[Tagging] Proposed feature - Voting - electricity

[Dolly Andriatsiferana]

>
> Bit off-topic but I am interested in local opinions. A quick research
> shows Madagascar has a lot of hydro power already and is aiming at >80%
> renewables till 2030. So why do you think this is so unrealistic?
> Especially since the infrastructure is not there yet and a huge demand
> to get this done to have electricity at all... (unlike elsewhere where
> there is not so much motivation to accomplish something - apart from
> keeping the planet livable and all that communist nonsense ;)


[Off-topic] Politicians say what they want but we still mostly rely on
thermal power for electricity. Yes there are a few hydro power stations
over here but these are suffering every year from the lack of rainfall +
lack of maintenance, and thermal stations are always used as supply.

I have always thought of my solar panels as "generators" of power, since
> that's what they are (and have been for decades, the little champs!)  I
> think we can apply that logic to wind turbine and photoelectric alike as
> generators.  Generators is how they integrate into our electricity grids
> right now; solar and wind power are an absolutely included part of the mix
> of what we mean by "available electricity."  And in a feature like this,
> they are generators, full stop.


@SteveA I agree with you and I have no concern with calling them generators
if that is the consensus inside the frame of the OpenStreetMap data model.

On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 6:12 AM stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> wrote:

> Thank you, Dolly.  I like wider perspective including Africa.  Great
> timing, too, as "how Africa powers" is a timely voice here and now.
>
> This is a fair-sized planet and a global project.  Our tagging must be
> strong enough to accommodate that and for the most part is.  Going forward,
> designing wide-perspective tagging really should take, well, a global, wide
> perspective.
>
> I have always thought of my solar panels as "generators" of power, since
> that's what they are (and have been for decades, the little champs!)  I
> think we can apply that logic to wind turbine and photoelectric alike as
> generators.  Generators is how they integrate into our electricity grids
> right now; solar and wind power are an absolutely included part of the mix
> of what we mean by "available electricity."  And in a feature like this,
> they are generators, full stop.
>
> We can talk about a good tagging proposal and how complete and worldwide
> it is without going too far down the road of distractions like "no nukes"
> or "oil must end" sorts of talk.
>
> Lukas' proposal is like beautiful wet clay on the throwing wheel right
> now, turning into something, developing into something about to blossom,
> perhaps.  Might it need "bolstering" in a rapidly-evolving future?  Sure,
> of course.  We mix the paint to a certain color, today.  Is it strong
> enough, smart enough, expansive enough?  Designing something like a
> worldwide mapping syntax for electricity and how it is delivered all over
> the world has to start somewhere.  It also has to be vetted and have "legs
> to grow."
>
> We keep walking, we keep talking.  It's good.
>
> SteveA
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