Meanwhile in Germany:

  • Ummdustry@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    I mean, isn’t that the core of the intermitancy argument for fossil fuels? Consumers wouldn’t be willing to accept a 100% renewable grid which only met demand 95% of the time.

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      11 months ago

      100% renewable requires opportunistic consumption, which is hard to do without eating people.

      Most of internet infrastructure is base load. It has to work 100% of time.