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Compare the likelihood of a prolonged period of low production versus our current system, with a prolonged period of low oil/gas availability. We already exper
by mekdoonggi 6mo ago
Compare the likelihood of a prolonged period of low production versus our current system, with a prolonged period of low oil/gas availability.
We already experience exactly the same shortages. Look at how countries are responding to the oil shock right now.
You indicate the problem with localized generation, but the extraction and refinement of our current energy system is far more concentrated than renewables already. Look at https://openinframap.org/#5.62/28.611/114.086/A,B,L,P,S https://openinframap.org/#5.62/28.611/114.086/A,B,L,P,S
Solar is being generated all over the world, and your concern is that it's production will be concentrated and subject to supply shocks?
Yes, intermittency will always be a problem, but that is true of all energy systems. Wind/solar/batteries has BETTER intermittency than oil/gas, and the added benefit of not cooking our entire biosphere.