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That's tangential and doesn't change the fact that solar barely produces anything during winter if you go far enough north (and you don't have any way to store
by Wytwwww 3y ago
That's tangential and doesn't change the fact that solar barely produces anything during winter if you go far enough north (and you don't have any way to store the produced power for at least 4-5months).
- hef19898 3y agoThe answer to that is simple: powerlines, wind, hydro... No idea why people think solar has to be local, wind requires powerlines and nuclear for some reason isn't neither...
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> answer to that is simple: powerlines, wind, hydro Wind is still intermittent. Transmission and hydro expensive. The point still stands that marginal new power will become much more expensive before solar reaches anywhere close to sole source.
- hef19898 3y agoWho said anything about solar being single source??? And everything is expensive, the question is wether or not it is profitable. And politics aside, the financials have decided a long time ago on wind, solar and, sadly enough due to criminally underprized CO2 certificates, coal. New NPPs just barely replace capacity going offline, is always late and always above budget. And even if we ignore the net added capacity of new nuclear plants, the gross capacity being built pales in comparison to wind and solar. Pushing nuclear power, for other than military or political reasons, is riding a dead horse.