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In addition to not being the same as getting through the night, it's far from the same as getting through several cloudy days in a row. Energy sources that wor
by mcronce 4y ago
In addition to not being the same as getting through the night, it's far from the same as getting through several cloudy days in a row.
Energy sources that work when they want to will never replace energy sources that work when you tell them to. Lobbying against nuclear is just lobbying for coal and gas.
- zdragnar 4y agoAs someone who lives in an area that gets weeks of heavy cloud cover and little wind, it is sad to see this get voted down. Porting electricity over HVDC from half a continent away (with several metro areas in-between soaking up supply) just seems impractical when we could have small reactors distributed around in smaller, more resilient grids.
- ncmncm 4y agoYes, small: much less power available, for the money, than would be ported in. But you are not limited to porting in power from far off, you can draw down local, banked storage. If that runs low, you can bring in liquified ammonia synthesized in the tropics. All of this will be chosen according to what costs least. All of it costs less than the nukes would have set you back.