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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

if you give up on solving that issue with anything other than fossil fuels, yes

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Perfect is the enemy of good. I'd rather have a 95% renewable grid than not even try. We can at the very least minimize fossil fuel use. It's kinda silly to be doubling down on it in this day and age.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.