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What is the “true cost” of electricity?

2 points by yamrzou 5y ago

ZeroGravitas 5y ago
(2013) Though some of the things it says about solar and wind would have been a bit silly even then. Also, I'm not sure what translation error led to solar being described as "fatal".
- yamrzou 5y ago
  > I'm not sure what translation error led to solar being described as "fatal". Yes, I think it's a bad translation from french (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89nergie_de_r%C3%A9cup%C3%A9ration https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89nergie_de_r%C3%A9cup%C3%...). The author uses it to denote energies which are not available on-demand and depend on external conditions (solar, wind). A better translation would be intermittent energy (source: https://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/energy-power-generation/2837908-%C3%A9nergie-fatale.html https://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/energy-power-ge...)