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My understanding is that we cannot scale that to meet our electricity needs, and we need to keep the lights on when it is dark outside. Due to this, solar isn't
by honkycat 5y ago
My understanding is that we cannot scale that to meet our electricity needs, and we need to keep the lights on when it is dark outside. Due to this, solar isn't good enough. ( Though should certainly be part of the plan. )
I could be wrong though, I'm not an expert.
- jconnop 5y agoThe sun is always shining somewhere on earth, so maybe it's possible [1] to connect all our grids together and transmit power from the light side to the dark side. Whether this is cheaper than buffering the power in huge energy storage systems, I have no idea. [1] https://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/the-smarter-grid/lets-build-a-global-power-grid https://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/the-smarter-grid/lets-build...
- jeffbee 5y agoThe choice is between systems we know how to build right now and imaginary systems that may not ever materialize.