Comment by cpursley
8 hours ago
Huh? Solar is getting produced now in larger quantities than ever. And people are finally warming to the idea of nuclear again.
8 hours ago
Huh? Solar is getting produced now in larger quantities than ever. And people are finally warming to the idea of nuclear again.
Globally, solar hasn’t even started to look like it might want to consider putting a dent in fossil fuel usage.
There are three big GHG emitting sectors, electricity, transport, and agriculture, and solar has only started to scratched the surface in a handful of countries electricity production.
The scale of solar / wind rollout necessary to make a significant impact globally is truly stupendous.
Look at this graph: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Australia
The more solar and wind you have, the more gas you need.
Batteries, the ones that haven’t even been built yet, are only at hours-of-capacity scale. We need weeks of backup capacity, which is why we need gas.