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"Solar/wind/storage can roll out today and start ... producing clean power at least during the day" Why only during the day?

• TaylorAlexander 4y ago
  I meant worst case, if sufficient scale for batteries is not immediately available, you’re still going to get lots of green power most days. Of course with wind you’d prob get power at night too. Either way the immediacy of this roll out is better than waiting 10-15 years for a nuclear plant to come online, even if storage takes a few years to fully meet demand.
  • k__ 4y ago
    Ah, okay. Yes, I always had the impression nuclear proponents vastly underestimate the time and work such a plant takes.
  • pencilguin 4y ago
    It is foolish to build storage before there is renewable generating capacity to charge it from. So, everybody builds generating capacity first. Storage cost is falling even faster than renewable generation did.