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Originally Posted by drylander
..... Suddenly found out the wind and solar aren't reliable for baseload. ........
Pete
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Distributed wind can and does provide baseload. As for renewables just look at Iceland on best practice. 99.8% renewable.
Coal power stations break down from time to time and, as a result, can be out of action for weeks...as has often been the case in Australia.
I have no problem with Gen 4 or Thorium based nuclear. The French have
been safely operating Nuclear for decades....and export their surplus energy to much of Europe.
BTW I note 9 coal miners lost their lives yesterday due gas suffocation. Hardly a whimper in the news cycle on this, but had 9 French nuclear power workers suffered the same fate....it would have been a global headline.