• Teppa@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Total cost of power its very expensive. When you see how cheap solar is that’s just the panels, you then have to deal with the intermittency, and the backup power generation for the periods where performance is degraded.

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      11 hours ago

      This is outdated - the LCOE of solar/wind+battery storage is lower than fossil methods of power generation.

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            43 minutes ago

            Do you have a study then, dont just come and take a shit.

            I want the study to include storage, and maintenance obviously, and any backup power required for 100% grid reliability.

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              34 minutes ago

              You’re trying to claim that a study based on the ERCOT numbers during the 2021 Texas winter storm is at all representative of anything. It’s worth nothing whatsoever.

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                24 minutes ago

                The study included Germany too, did it not?

                The point of the study was including the effects of intermittency and non-dispatchability, which is what makes LCOE a flawed metric.

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                    1 minute ago

                    As opposed to green energy companies propaganda that rarely even mention the need for storage? Theres a tangible reason most countries arent fully moving to it for baseload power, its not a conspiracy.

                    Heres a longer video on it if you can stomach the fact nuclear is better than solar/wind:

                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifUaM7uwjqU

                    I wont even get into the fact most refining is done in China using coal, and is why they are the leader in solar/battery production.