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"When the sun isn't shining" shows that you really don't understand the field. Again... ever heard of batteries? There are any number of ways to temporarily sto
by beat 7y ago
"When the sun isn't shining" shows that you really don't understand the field. Again... ever heard of batteries? There are any number of ways to temporarily store power. Collect wind/solar when the wind blows and the sun shines, and have some spare energy cached when demand exceeds supply.
There's no "can't" anywhere in this. It's just a question of cost. And if wind/solar + sufficient storage is still cheaper than coal and gas peaker plants, it wins. That's the way the entire industry is betting, worldwide. The experts whose careers are on the line think this is the right path for a reason.
- ThomPete 7y agoI understand the field perfectly well, well enough to know a thing or two about capacity factors. It's not a question of cost but of simple physics. Batteries aren't going to solve anything what so ever. We would need fuel cells which is theoretically possible but as far out as fusion when it comes to actually have something that works in practice.
- beat 7y agoUntil we get fuel cells that don't need a platinum catalyst, they're irrelevant. Not enough platinum to scale.