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minus-squarefolaht@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-24 days agoSo glad to see this. Seeing all those nuclear fanboy comments whenever solar was mentioned from 2010 to 2025 was tiring. Onto the natgas fanboys. I’m looking at you Alex Christoforou.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoI still want natgas for cold, windless winter weeks.
minus-squarefolaht@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 days agoInclude battery-exhausted and I agree, but natgas fanboys will still claim that solar power “doesn’t work”.
minus-squarePowerCrazy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoWhy? Why do people constantly claim that the only way to generate baseline power is by releasing fossil fuels and burning things?
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 days agoNo. Not baseline. Standby capacity for when it’s cloudy, still, dry and all battery capacity has been used up. Maybe we only need natural gas for, say, 10 hours per year, but in those hours we really need it
minus-squarePowerCrazy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoMaybe there is a better electricity mix that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels “just in case.”
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoAs battery capacity increases those edge cases get fewer and fewer. But we will always need some fossil fuel equivalent. The methane can come sustainably from landfill. It doesn’t need to be from dinosaurs.
So glad to see this.
Seeing all those nuclear fanboy comments whenever solar was mentioned from 2010 to 2025 was tiring.
Onto the natgas fanboys.
I’m looking at you Alex Christoforou.
I still want natgas for cold, windless winter weeks.
Include battery-exhausted and I agree,
but natgas fanboys will still claim that solar power “doesn’t work”.
Why? Why do people constantly claim that the only way to generate baseline power is by releasing fossil fuels and burning things?
No. Not baseline. Standby capacity for when it’s cloudy, still, dry and all battery capacity has been used up.
Maybe we only need natural gas for, say, 10 hours per year, but in those hours we really need it
Maybe there is a better electricity mix that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels “just in case.”
As battery capacity increases those edge cases get fewer and fewer. But we will always need some fossil fuel equivalent.
The methane can come sustainably from landfill. It doesn’t need to be from dinosaurs.