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>sometimes fossil fuels are a good fit. Oh come on.
by ThePowerOfFuet 2mo ago
>sometimes fossil fuels are a good fit.
Oh come on.
- blitzar 2mo agoYour at the north pole ... its dark all day long (and cold) ... you need some heat and some power
- peterashford 2mo agoScott base in Antarctica (NZ's scientific research base) is installing wind turbines and batteries and getting rid of diesel generators.
- cozzyd 2mo agoYes but the South Pole burns jet fuel. Not much wind and 6 months of darkness. The hut point peninsula is consistently windy though and the turbines are pretty! https://photos.app.goo.gl/goDVb7KuiKr6soHT6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/goDVb7KuiKr6soHT6
- peterashford 2mo agoSo, larger batteries, then. Or produce hydrogen from excess wind power in the summer as a chemical battery.
- cozzyd 2mo agoyes, people (some of whom I know) have looked at this of course: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032123011322?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403212... but it's somewhat risky, since if the power goes out in winter, to first order, everyone dies. I think you'd always keep the generator on at low load, just in case. Note that wind turbines at pole have not historically been very successful, maybe that will improve.
- blitzar 2mo agoI presume the optimal solution is solid oxide fuel cells + renewables. Not complete science fiction, but not quite ready to do away with the diesel backup.
- hdgvhicv 2mo agoGreen hydrogen would work fine in those cases.