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Surur t1_j45dayy wrote

Reply to comment by tdacct in From 300 GW to 3,000 GW per year – a utopia? by manual_tranny

That's why you add wind lol.

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tdacct t1_j46kfv2 wrote

I'm sure there's never been a case of no wind at night either. Couldn't possibly happen.

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Surur t1_j46lcod wrote

That is why it's "much less storage" and not "no storage".

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r2k-in-the-vortex t1_j48ul8f wrote

But if wind already does the job, what do you need solar for?

What is needed is flexible demand to take any and all electricity generated and turn into money. Electricity you can't sell if the least cost efficient of them all, so there is only so far you can go by building overcapacity.

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Surur t1_j48vn9p wrote

> But if wind already does the job, what do you need solar for?

Because wind and solar tend to be seasonally complementary.

> What is needed is flexible demand to take any and all electricity generated and turn into money.

I like the idea to turn it into jet fuel - the most difficult area to electrify. Maybe also fuel for cargo ships.

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