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>No, but Solar and Wind + existing hydro + existing nuclear + a moderate amount of storage + a better grid can replace fossil fuels. There is no such thing as
by macspoofing 3y ago
>No, but Solar and Wind + existing hydro + existing nuclear + a moderate amount of storage + a better grid can replace fossil fuels.
There is no such thing as a 'moderate amount of storage'. The best you can get is pumped storage (if you have the correct geography for it).
Outside of that, sure, you can add solar/wind to the energy mix - does that invalidate my point? Does that actually support OP's point?
- bryanlarsen 3y agoThere has never been an hour in the last 30 years where there hasn't been either sun or wind somewhere in North America.
- macspoofing 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkelflaute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkelflaute
- bryanlarsen 3y agoGermany exists in a single weather zone, North America encompasses several.