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It sounds like they're talking about the difference between baseload power and intermittent power. Replacing fossil fuel baseload power plants can be done now.
by weberer 2y ago
It sounds like they're talking about the difference between baseload power and intermittent power. Replacing fossil fuel baseload power plants can be done now. Replacing them with variable renewable energy sources would require some sort of breakthrough in energy storage technology.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> Replacing them with variable renewable energy sources would require some sort of breakthrough in energy storage technology No, it wouldn't. Batteries + renewables is proven and it works. The problem isn't a technological barrier. The problem is we need batteries for a lot of things and production can't ramp up fast enough.
- BlueTemplar 2y agoI don't see how this is relevant ? Technical barriers are always also resource availability barriers, since technics also condition both usage and availability.