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TendiesMeWant t1_j09xl1s wrote

Reply to comment by Direct-Ad-7922 in World to deploy as much renewable energy in the next five years as the last 20 by CobaltEmu

You think governments spending countless billions around the world haven't thought of that? There are innumerable methods of storing energy during the off hours. And I don't know what articles you're referring to, all I see is those two linkedin links. Furthermore, I don't see how the misinformed idea that you can't store energy during the off hours makes renewables "unsustainable". The future will likely be a mix of multiple sources of energy for generations. We absolutely should be attempting to replace unclean and expensive energy with clean and cheap energy. It makes no sense not to.

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Direct-Ad-7922 t1_j0a3fpd wrote

I used to think the same way - truly - I even developed wireless power transfer tools for using car batteries for distributed storage.

It’s the sustainability of storage that’s the problem - it costs too much and it doesn’t last long enough.

The thing is normal people vote for politicians who vote to spend billions on tech like this which doesn’t actually solve the problem.

We blow money like nobodies business

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