“There will always be days when clouds cover the sun or the wind is still. But those conditions are unlikely to occur at the same time in all geographic areas. “There’s always a way to coordinate the energy mix” to keep the lights on, Fitch says.”
So, IOW, every area and every energy machines need massive amounts of redundancy and excess capacity. Like if geographic zone 1 is high in cloud cover, they’re supposed to be able to import energy from zone 2. But for that to happen, zone 2 needs excess capacity and vice versa (for when cloud cover is high in zone 2, zone 1 can send excess electricity to zone 2)
etc…
flying_butt_fucker on
Im now fully convinced that all, literally all arguments, talking points, discussions, political discourse and all other bullshit that we’ve been hearing about energy has been coming from the fossil molecule burning industry.
mafco on
They are not “myths”. They are lies. Deliberately spread to misinform the public.
initiali5ed on
1: Unreliability means you have to over build – this is not a drawback but a route to cheap to free energy for all but the darkest, stillest days.
2: Cost: Solar/Battery on a loan can be cheaper than your electric bill.
3: Turbine do kill birds, but far fewer than oil spills and climate change
4: EVs are low range and batteries don’t last long. Maybe true once. 300miles is normal, 500 miles is possible. Donut just announced a 20 million mile battery. For most countries, replacing the vehicle fleet with V2G EVs solves most of the variability of renewable generation.
5: We are not on track. Help getting back on track by switching to an EV, fitting solar to your house eating less meat and advocating for the above.
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“There will always be days when clouds cover the sun or the wind is still. But those conditions are unlikely to occur at the same time in all geographic areas. “There’s always a way to coordinate the energy mix” to keep the lights on, Fitch says.”
So, IOW, every area and every energy machines need massive amounts of redundancy and excess capacity. Like if geographic zone 1 is high in cloud cover, they’re supposed to be able to import energy from zone 2. But for that to happen, zone 2 needs excess capacity and vice versa (for when cloud cover is high in zone 2, zone 1 can send excess electricity to zone 2)
etc…
Im now fully convinced that all, literally all arguments, talking points, discussions, political discourse and all other bullshit that we’ve been hearing about energy has been coming from the fossil molecule burning industry.
They are not “myths”. They are lies. Deliberately spread to misinform the public.
1: Unreliability means you have to over build – this is not a drawback but a route to cheap to free energy for all but the darkest, stillest days.
2: Cost: Solar/Battery on a loan can be cheaper than your electric bill.
3: Turbine do kill birds, but far fewer than oil spills and climate change
4: EVs are low range and batteries don’t last long. Maybe true once. 300miles is normal, 500 miles is possible. Donut just announced a 20 million mile battery. For most countries, replacing the vehicle fleet with V2G EVs solves most of the variability of renewable generation.
5: We are not on track. Help getting back on track by switching to an EV, fitting solar to your house eating less meat and advocating for the above.