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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.
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.