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40% of US electricity is now emissions-free (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There's no magic bullet to our problems. Solar has issues with storage and varies day to day with the weather. I've got no issue making it a large supply of our energy, but we'll need generation sources for cloudy days. We can't presume the battery storage will be full every time we need it and it's cloudy out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Who's suggesting there's a magic bullet? Certainly not me.

I’ve got no issue making it a large supply of our energy, but we’ll need generation sources for cloudy days. We can’t presume the battery storage will be full every time we need it and it’s cloudy out.

My argument is that nuclear isn't it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fair enough -- what do you propose we use instead?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Solar PV, wind, and hydro where we can. Geothermal in the very few places we can.

Combined cycle gas-turbine (CCGT) methane everywhere else.