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I doesn't have to solve the problem. It just has to help the problem. Rooftop home solar+storage also doesn't have to SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN TOTALITY. It just h
by AtlasBarfed 1y ago
I doesn't have to solve the problem.
It just has to help the problem.
Rooftop home solar+storage also doesn't have to SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN TOTALITY. It just has to help.
Energy is a cornucopia of solutions, which is a good thing. We aren't going to get everything from nuclear, it is far too expensive and can't function as a peaker (unless we had LFTR but oh well). Geothermal has a lot of potential, but it isn't perfect and probably investment heavy. Gas peaking is regrettable, but necessary currently. Solar and wind are by far the cheapest, but intermittent.
The goal should be stable, available, cheap energy. The path to that is solar + wind + battery + peaking + home solar/storage, but the grid monopolists aren't interested in cheap energy or the loss of control that home solar/storage comes with.
The fact that wind and solar are so cheap but grid prices are so expensive is an absolute SCANDAL.