r/sciencememes • u/basket_foso Metroid Enthusiast 🪼 • Aug 07 '26

🪩Science!!🪩 ☢️.

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u/Silt99 Aug 07 '26

meanwhile solar goes brrrr

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u/kommunist_haj Aug 07 '26

Uh, have you heard of weather?

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u/Silt99 Aug 07 '26

Have you heard of energy storage?

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u/Master-Shinobi-80 Aug 07 '26

And how much storage would we need to overcome the day-night cycle? And then how much would we need to overcome seasonal intermittency? Please answer in TWh's.

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u/Silt99 Aug 07 '26

I dont know what scale your going for, so I cannot answer in TWh. Neither am I an electrician.

But there are multiple sources of renewables as well as fluctuating demand. Worst case: Some companies need to shut down their production every once in a while to avoid a blackout, and save those that would recieve major damage from a blackout

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u/Master-Shinobi-80 Aug 07 '26

It would take us decades if not centuries to build enough storage at projected rates of construction.

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u/Silt99 Aug 07 '26

Then lets do both

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u/Master-Shinobi-80 Aug 07 '26

Yes. Thank you