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Renewables are not a silver bullet either. There are plenty of nasty things that go into building batteries and solar panels with no where near the attention to
by necheffa 6y ago
Renewables are not a silver bullet either. There are plenty of nasty things that go into building batteries and solar panels with no where near the attention to safely disposing them. Plus, renewables just can't handle baseload and load follow the way fossil or nuclear can.
- dv_dt 6y agoBattery storage follows load much faster than fossil, and nuclear can't follow at all.
- VBprogrammer 6y agoWrong on nuclear. They operate in load following in France just fine.
- dv_dt 6y agoUntil it gets too hot and they have to ironically shut down the plants during heat waves.
- VBprogrammer 6y agoThe same would be true of any thermoelectric power station. They all need cooling of the condenser.
- dv_dt 6y agoBut not true of photovoltaic or wind power stations...