throwaway60742

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   by throwaway60742 3y ago

   I seriously believe that this is not the full story if we're talking about utility-scale energy.
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   by throwaway60742 3y ago

   Yes, because instead of wind/solar+storage+grid capable of handling the peaks, we would be building nuclear. Using much less concrete and much less diesel for construction trucks.
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   by throwaway60742 3y ago

   No way they are misinformed, look at German power mix. Germany - the most vocal proponents of wind/solar - is the most polluting country in the whole EU. > Coal and gas plants are closing because they cannot compete on price with so
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   by throwaway60742 3y ago

   Not everyone does. Maybe people in the US, but most EU countries don't have any fossil fuel industry to subsidize. Where I live people are against solar/wind because they want to go nuclear.
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   by throwaway60742 3y ago

   Does "full solar lifecycle emissions" include the gas and coal powerplant you use because you couldn't build energy storage and your electric grid can't handle the peak power? Does it include the reconstruction of the gr
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   by throwaway60742 3y ago

   People don't want to pay for it. The cost of the wind/solar project itself is not the full story - you also need energy storage, and that's very expensive. You also need to rebuild the electrical grid to handle the peak power