Some key insights from the article:

Basically, what they did was to look at how much batteries would be needed in a given area to provide constant power supply at least 97% of the time, and the calculate the costs of that solar+battery setup compared to coal and nuclear.

  • @GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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    09 months ago

    shhh!

    how can we develop a whole new market to make the rich richer if you keep bringing those kinds of facts in here?

    • Frezik
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      09 months ago

      What’s the power source that doesn’t do that? How do I advocate for it?

      • @majster@lemmy.zip
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        09 months ago

        Firewood from your own forest is the only one and it’s carbon neutral too. This is meant more as a joke but still.