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Re:Solar and Wind Energy May Be Nice, but How Can We Store It? by marze on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @02:53AM (#11437097)
"Nice"? The whole world will be running on solar and wind electricity in 20 years. "Nice" is a bit of an understatement.
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Re:Solar and Wind Energy May Be Nice, but How Can We Store It? by pjc50 on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @07:52AM (#11438112)
Hardly. There are fossil and nuclear plants being built today with design lifetimes of 20 years. Adoption is certainly shooting upwards in some countries, but it's going to be a while before renewables go over 50% worldwide.
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