Brutkey

Fionor
@fionor@mas.to

@MichaelimOdenwald@hessen.social @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us let's not be dumb!

Main problem with electricity from wind is unpredictability - and for the whole system, that's a big problem.
Most fossil fuel based sources are stable, predictable and unfortunately can't be easily switched on or off on a whim.

So... for wind to work, you need plenty of fast sources to balance it out to prevent blackouts.
Water is one possible but imperfect solution.

Fossil fuel lobbying is a problem, but there are practical problems too.

Emeritus Prof Christopher May
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us

@fionor@mas.to @MichaelimOdenwald@hessen.social

There's also the storage issue - more, better storage would be part of the answer; if only battery research had the budget (or a larger proportion of the budget) allocated to nuclear!

RealGene ☣☣️
@RealGene@hachyderm.io

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us @fionor@mas.to @MichaelimOdenwald@hessen.social
Even old battery technology is fine for storage; why does it have to be compact?

Just repurpose old coal-fired power plants as battery houses. Full it with wet cells, who cares?