Also, consider that when power goes down and people become accustomed to it going down, they will buy generators that....run on fossil fuels. These generators are far less efficient and far more polluting than the a fossil-fuel driving powergrid.
It is certainly possible to have renewable energy and have stable access to electricity. These are not mutually exclusive goals. It just requires that we are smart about how we design the electrical grid and we don't allow ideology to dominate the conversation.
I would be really curious to know how people responded to his question. We should ask the citizens of Minnesota how frequent they would allow the power to turn off in the winter, or during the summers in Georgia, or during a surgery, or street lights during rush hour.
If you have intermittent power generation and need instant dispatchability & reliability of supply, you'll need a third step between which is not now or in the near term either economic, or viable, on a large scale.
Also, consider that when power goes down and people become accustomed to it going down, they will buy generators that....run on fossil fuels. These generators are far less efficient and far more polluting than the a fossil-fuel driving powergrid.
It is certainly possible to have renewable energy and have stable access to electricity. These are not mutually exclusive goals. It just requires that we are smart about how we design the electrical grid and we don't allow ideology to dominate the conversation.
Hi, @greenleapforward You might also like my new article on why EROEI matters.
https://davidturver.substack.com/p/why-eroei-matters
I would be really curious to know how people responded to his question. We should ask the citizens of Minnesota how frequent they would allow the power to turn off in the winter, or during the summers in Georgia, or during a surgery, or street lights during rush hour.
If you have intermittent power generation and need instant dispatchability & reliability of supply, you'll need a third step between which is not now or in the near term either economic, or viable, on a large scale.