• PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Weird how anything that can possibly reduce fossil fuel usage is always too expensive, yet building pipelines, and north sea oil platforms, and shipping oil all over the world is free or the cost is not worth talking about.

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      9 months ago

      Weird how anything that can possibly reduce fossil fuel usage is always too expensive

      That’s not true. Wind and solar are often cheaper than fossil fuels and the prices are still going down.

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        9 months ago

        Sure but they can’t replace fossil fuels. Every single renewable energy scheme that a government invests int has Natural Gas plants that are running 24/7 to handle peak demand and smooth out the supply curve of solar/wind.

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            9 months ago

            They can’t be kept on cold standby, so they aren’t running at 100% capacity 24/7, but they do have to run.