When you ask people to imagine a battery or series of batteries that can run the five burrows of New York City for two weeks, they just can't do it.
They get angry at you for asking them to try. Their first response is: "It wouldn't need to run New York for that long!" which is just stupid!
So you spell it out for them.
"So, there is no solar generation at night. So your battery bank will have to be big enough to run NYC overnight, every night. Cloud cover causes PV Solar generation to drop by 80%. How often are overcast days in New York State?
Rain causes generation to drop by 100%, and the days get very short in winter. How many days in a row is it overcast, raining or snowing in New York State? Ten? Are you willing to bet thousands of lives it isn't one day more?
The failure state is that New York City grid turns off to stop tens of millions of dollars worth of damage form occurring. People will start to die right away. First in hospitals, then for people who can't get heat. Then shortly later as all the food spoils as refrigeration turns off."
At this point the Green twats either get incoherently angry or just leave. They hate having it pointed out that they haven't given even five minutes of thought to the issues.
When you ask people to imagine a battery or series of batteries that can run the five burrows of New York City for two weeks, they just can't do it.
They get angry at you for asking them to try. Their first response is: "It wouldn't need to run New York for that long!" which is just stupid!
So you spell it out for them.
"So, there is no solar generation at night. So your battery bank will have to be big enough to run NYC overnight, every night. Cloud cover causes PV Solar generation to drop by 80%. How often are overcast days in New York State?
Rain causes generation to drop by 100%, and the days get very short in winter. How many days in a row is it overcast, raining or snowing in New York State? Ten? Are you willing to bet thousands of lives it isn't one day more?
The failure state is that New York City grid turns off to stop tens of millions of dollars worth of damage form occurring. People will start to die right away. First in hospitals, then for people who can't get heat. Then shortly later as all the food spoils as refrigeration turns off."
At this point the Green twats either get incoherently angry or just leave. They hate having it pointed out that they haven't given even five minutes of thought to the issues.
I cannot +1 this enough. It's true, and Alarmists will not even look at it.