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If that was actually true we would need to talk about it. It’s not, so here we are. Solar and wind do nothing for base load generation - except distract people
by EricE 3y ago
If that was actually true we would need to talk about it.
It’s not, so here we are. Solar and wind do nothing for base load generation - except distract people from talking rationally about energy. I don’t know where people think all the power to charge electric cars is going to come from. And what transmission lines are going to carry the miracle of power either.
- toomuchtodo 3y agohttps://www.google.com/search?q=baseload+is+a+myth https://www.google.com/search?q=baseload+is+a+myth Feel free to pick a citation of your preference.
- oezi 3y agoAren't electric cars thought to be a big part of the battery/storage solution? You can charge the cars at night and draw power when other consumers are peaking? I think the trajectories for solar are so strong that we will stop talking about any lack of energy in one or two decades. Case in point: Germany will build 13 GW of renewables this year, which offsets those last 4 GW of Nuclear which were switched off this year.
- mcv 3y agoBut the fact that they move away from nuclear rather than coal is the big problem. More renewables is great of course, but it's useless if it's done to replace only nuclear and not oil and coal. Last winter's reduced gas useage was a big positive, though. We really need to build on that.