• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    You can have a grid powered by wind only, but don’t expect your appliances to work 24/7.

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      3 days ago

      Yeah and that is why nobody is building a grid only with wind. Some energy discussions really feel like talking to toddlers.

    • Jako302@feddit.org
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      3 days ago

      It would be even worse to have a pure nuclear grid than it is to have a pure wind powered one. You can at least overbuild windturbines and simply shut them down if they are not needed. Nuclear power can only deliver a constant load and can’t really be regulated fast enough to react to the changes in demand happening over a single day.