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We've literally just been through an entire energy crisis in Europe that was exacerbated due to inconsistent wind. https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/Worl
by 0xbadcafebee 5y ago
We've literally just been through an entire energy crisis in Europe that was exacerbated due to inconsistent wind.
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Europes-Energy-Crisis-Worsens-As-Wind-Stops-Blowing.html https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Europes-E...
The UK is suffering the most from the drop in wind power output, caused by mild weather. The country, which prides itself on its wind capacity and whose Prime Minister last year said wind farms could power every home by 2030, produced less than 1 GW of wind power on several days. This compares with a generation capacity of 24 GW, according to ICIS senior energy economist Stefan Konstantinov.
Cheap isn't as important as reliable. It's not like these countries have no money.
- rsj_hn 5y agoThere is this cycle where this is blamed on a combination of Brexit and global warming, so they want to shift to even more wind/solar, causing even more outages, and it's a positive feedback loop. One would think that if you seriously believed that the climate is going to rapidly change, then you would seek out climate-independent sources of energy. It's like predicting the world will be in drought but then advocating for more hydro power. But perhaps I don't understand the full nuances of European politics.
- Ericson2314 5y agoJust-in-type supply chains are "cheaper" too. :)
- kinjba11 5y agoI'm reminded of the Tom Scott video mentioning how parts of the grid is simply not up to the task yet to get wind energy from high-wind areas into the mainland. 'The islands with too much power' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UmsfXWzvEA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UmsfXWzvEA