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Bateries do solve storage problems. And yes, china energy strategy is based on wind and solar - their portion of China energy production is massively growing.
by watwut 2mo ago
Bateries do solve storage problems. And yes, china energy strategy is based on wind and solar - their portion of China energy production is massively growing.
- ifwinterco 2mo agoBatteries can solve short term (days to a week at most) storage problems, they don't solve seasonal storage problems - making sure you have enough energy all the way through a cold, not very sunny, and not consistently windy winter. If you don't believe me, run the numbers of how many kg of lithium batteries China would need to supply an entire week of energy in the middle of winter (all energy, not just current electricity demand, because in this scenario we're assuming everything is 100% electrified). Also if you're potentially going to be fighting a war, you need more energy, not less, and it's even more important for it to be reliable year-round. This is why China is doing what they're doing, they're not idiots and they know that wishful thinking is not a strategy
- watwut 2mo agoYou dont need "very sunny" for solar to work. If you need to invent dark windless winter to make a non existent issue maybe you are just too deep in bullshit.
- ifwinterco 2mo agoAgain just run the numbers - full sun in summer vs cloudy day in the middle of winter even at only 40 degree latitude. Output in the latter case will be under 10% of full power and probably under 5%. It’s not bullshit it’s just physics, which is why the world looks like it does and not like the world you’re describing