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• Photonic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ooh an opinion piece from 2013. The point is that we used to think that we could all solve it with cool storage ideas. But that hasn’t shown to be the case. Sorry to be the messenger of bad news, please don’t shoot me.

  And even this guy admits he doesn’t know what to do in winter except to keep burning methane in gas turbines.

  The real challenge is to supply peaks in demand on calm winter evenings following overcast days. That’s when the peak-load power stations, that is, hydro and gas turbines,

  Sounds an awful lot like baseload power….

  And what about places that have no hydro?

  Here’s another opinion piece that says the opposite.

  We can keep going for a bit…

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  • Zagorath@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You shared an opinion piece written by a self-styled “investor” who proceeds to endorse the forthcoming feasibility of fusion. I shared a piece written by one of the authors of the study he is basing his article on. A study published in a peer-reviewed journal and conducted by a reputable university.

    As for the date…renewables have only become more viable since 2013. The price has plummeted, and the feasibility of battery storage has skyrocketed.

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    • Photonic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Tell me about it! Opinion pieces huh?

      And how has the feasibility of battery storage skyrocketed exactly? We haven’t built that many at all in the last 13 years since the article was written. It’s always a promise of much better batteries in the next decade. We don’t have enough lithium mining capacity as it is, and sodium batteries require even more factories that still have to be built.

      How about not betting everything on unproven tech where it still needs to be researched, factories still have to be built, storage facilities have to be built, and those have to be connected to the grid.

      Does that really seem like skyrocketing feasibility to you?

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      • Zagorath@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ok it’s obvious you’re not here to discuss anything in good faith. You’ve arrived at your conclusion and will make up whatever nonsense you feel like will support it. Have the life you deserve.

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• IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You’d think that some who writes such long arguments for nuclear power would know this.

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