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PV doesn't have to be the best tech everywhere. Nuclear and coal has it's own drawbacks - hard to turn on/off and generating a lot of unneeded power during nigh
by cesis 10y ago
PV doesn't have to be the best tech everywhere. Nuclear and coal has it's own drawbacks - hard to turn on/off and generating a lot of unneeded power during night.
- CmdrSprinkles 10y agoWhich I think is where solar/wind/hydro (in places that aren't the hoover dam...) make the most sense. Topping off comparatively clean sources like nuclear (or, preferably, actually clean sources) either through only turning them on when needed or having them charge capacitors. Hell, the UK have even been doing it, to a lesser extent, through pumped storage (think of them like really big water-based capacitors that you charge during non-peak times) My point was more in balancing out the common misconception of "Let's just put a solar cell on every roof".