• aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com
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    4 months ago

    .you just can’t get around needing consistent base load capacity. I wonder if the cost of a few GWh of batteries or complicated pumped dam/lake systems is reported in solar/wind figures to make an apples-to-apples comparison.

    maybe once we have a huge fleet of plugged in EV‘s serving as battery storage, variable sources will make sense as primary generation