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Sceptics, look away: a mostly renewable electricity grid is highly feasible (cosmosmagazine.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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Sceptics, look away: a mostly renewable electricity grid is highly feasible::There's a firm belief among some that we must have 24x7 baseload energy generators in our grid - but do we? Simulations tell a new story.

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[–] joelimgu 6 points 1 year ago

Sure, bc its the easiest path. But some gas for peak hours is totally fine. The problem is in countries like the US or Germany where over 50% of the electricity comes from fossil fuels. At least that should be the goal on the short term