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We will eventually get to a state where solar and wind is all we have/need. The requirement will be gridscale energy storage that contains enough storage for da

• _-david-_ 5y ago
  Is "days" actually enough? What happens if there is a drought, clouds and no wind for more than "days"?
• 99_00 5y ago
  The question is: should we be closing nuclear plants and filling the gap with natural gas and coal before we get there?
  • sleepysysadmin 5y ago
    >The question is: should we be closing nuclear plants and filling the gap with natural gas and coal before we get there? We're there now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricit... Put solar panels on literally every building. Put wind mills where you will. We know we need to do this. No nat gas or coal, we do pump storage. When we can, we do the next gen batteries at massive grid scale. We dont need to shutdown anything early. Those are all amortized for their time. When we can, we eliminate those things as they come of age.
  • ZeroGravitas 5y ago
    New York phased out their last coal plant already, so they've moved onto the nuclear+renewables+gas stage and are only tweaking the mix on their way to 100 zero carbon. (Also "dual fuel" basically means gas, but with the ability to burn other stuff if they get into shortages, but its basically a last resort, its 99% gas)