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0 pointsfreemint3y ago0 comments

No it doesn't. Also the sun shines 24/7.

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llampx3y ago· 1 in thread

Where on Earth does the sun shine 24/7? Aside from maybe the South Pole.

10-15 years is about the minimum timescale to make a global power grid if there is a sudden increase in political will and global cooperation (yes yes I know), and that kind of grid would always have sunlight somewhere.

yessirwhatever3y ago

"No it doesn't" is not much of an argument, and to quote one of your previous comments "Citations needed.".

Battery storage and hydrogen are not much solutions. From the article:

> To control these swings and provide reliable power, renewables advocates argue that battery storage and hydrogen can store electricity and dispatch it when solar and wind aren’t producing. Germany’s largest battery storage program is its home storage systems, but years of battery storage installations have barely made an impact on the German grid. The country currently has an estimated 435,000 homes equipped with battery storage systems of various capabilities, and 145,000 home storage systems were installed in 2021. But there are 40 million households in Germany, and home battery storage systems usually last only a few hours, while the grid needs storage that can support variations lasting weeks.

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