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Why is that an important difference? To capture wind and solar you have to build turbines and solar panels which aren't free. You also have to have batteries to
by codelord 5y ago
Why is that an important difference? To capture wind and solar you have to build turbines and solar panels which aren't free. You also have to have batteries to store them because of seasonal nature of these sources. You also need to transmit the energy thousands of miles through electrical grid because these sources of energy are limited to certain areas. Building the electrical grid itself just needs cutting out millions of more trees. So overall, the environmental impact of going full solar/wind would be worse than a combination of solar, wind, nuclear, and even maybe natural gas.
- Forgeties79 5y agoNo one is denying you need those things. We’re talking about a specific step that doesn’t exist for solar/wind akin to being able to drink water you find vs. having to make it clean.
- codelord 5y agoI understand what you are saying, and I'm saying it's a pointless argument which doesn't add any value to the discussion.
- Forgeties79 5y agoDuly noted.