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goodsam2 t1_jdcfqr1 wrote

Reply to comment by Fuzzers in IPCC chart says Solar PV and Wind Turbines are best way to achieve Deep, Rapid, and Low Cost emission cuts before 2030. by DisasterousGiraffe

What the facts are:

  1. Wind and solar can not be 100% of the grid.

  2. wind and solar are heading for even more dirt cheap prices.

  3. Most places haven't hit hard problems with increasing wind and solar to take a larger chunk of the energy market

  4. batteries are a booming sector

  5. we have some level of 0 carbon baseload power, some estimates say we could reach 80% wind/solar with hydro, nuclear etc which we are not far off 20%.

More speculation but these debates usually don't think enough about geothermal but advanced mining leading to increased viability of geothermal locations is likely.

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