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CoopersDad

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5. Can we do the same with wind and solar power? YES

Reply to hunter (Original post)

Tue Jan 2, 2024, 09:29 PM

Jan 2024

The claim that we must use natural gas as back up fails to appreciate the role played by storage systems.
Sure, we will need much more than we have but storage could permit 100% renewable energy reliably, 24/7.
Pumped hydro and Battery Storage are the more common technologies, I live just a few miles away from the world's largest battery at Moss Landing, CA.

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