Sceptics, look away: a mostly renewable electricity grid is highly feasible::There’s a firm belief among some that we must have 24x7 baseload energy generators in our grid - but do we? Simulations tell a new story.

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    9 months ago

    Our society has the ability to reliable conduct short(er) range space travel. We have split and fused atoms. I refuse to believe anything this trivial was ever infeasible, rich people just use that word instead of saying unprofitable.

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    9 months ago

    in Australia, a country known for it’s sunshine that also has plenty of wind and capacity for hydro power, while still requiring gas/diesel backing of 1/3 of total generation capacity.

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      9 months ago

      Sure, bc its the easiest path. But some gas for peak hours is totally fine. The problem is in countries like the US or Germany where over 50% of the electricity comes from fossil fuels. At least that should be the goal on the short term

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    9 months ago

    G’day mate! No one takes Australia seriously Mick… and it’s ‘skeptics’ you silly goose! ;)

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    9 months ago

    The article itself notes that it makes several assumptions specific to the Australian climate.