Historically, yes. We have good alternatives now, though. What’s stopping us moving off carbon fuel is not the viability of alternatives.

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loeg 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Unless by "viability" you're completely ignoring price, I disagree (I would argue that excessively expensive solutions aren't viable). We don't have good alternatives to gas (carbon fuel) peakers yet. Nor is winter generation a solved problem. Non-nuclear carbon-free generation needs a tremendous amount of battery storage to get to 0% carbon-emitting.

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Schiendelman 3 hours ago | parent [-]

That is much, much cheaper than nuclear at today's prices.

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loeg 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Up to how many hours of battery capacity?

	▲	Schiendelman an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I'm not sure I understand the question. It's always cheaper.

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UltraSane 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

a 100% wind solar storage grid really isn't viable.