Um, yeah. That's kind of my point, eh?
W&S simply don't work. They require 100% backup OR rolling or even total blackouts that could last for days. Alarmists never seem to grasp this concept.
The greenies seem to think that 9GB of W&S needs 9GB of battery backup. Nope! To run for 2 days off batteries requires 9x48GB of backup battery capacity. 96GB capacity, at 4X the cost per GB of the W&S it backs up. IF the technology existed to do the job, it doesn't. Alarmists are stupid.
Or 9GB of Gas or Nuclear... but if you're building 9GB of gas, why build W&S (at twice the cost) at all? 🤔 Hydro is out, there are NO more large hydro projects left that could be viable.
Solar and wind are for the plebs who will get rolling blackouts when it's -30° in the Winter and 90° in the Summer.
The stable electricity will be for the AI datacenters.
Um, yeah. That's kind of my point, eh?
W&S simply don't work. They require 100% backup OR rolling or even total blackouts that could last for days. Alarmists never seem to grasp this concept.
The greenies seem to think that 9GB of W&S needs 9GB of battery backup. Nope! To run for 2 days off batteries requires 9x48GB of backup battery capacity. 96GB capacity, at 4X the cost per GB of the W&S it backs up. IF the technology existed to do the job, it doesn't. Alarmists are stupid.
Or 9GB of Gas or Nuclear... but if you're building 9GB of gas, why build W&S (at twice the cost) at all? 🤔 Hydro is out, there are NO more large hydro projects left that could be viable.