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Re:Electric vehicle battery costs rapidly declining, Tesla c... by nl on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @05:45AM (#11861087)
Yep. Next time someone claims base load means renewables don't work do that math. Also point to the experience in developing countries where they don't have reliable base load, yet have similar uptime.
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Re:Electric vehicle battery costs rapidly declining, Tesla c... by mavhc on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @09:42AM (#11862205)
Wind provides base load anyway, always windy somewhere
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Re:Electric vehicle battery costs rapidly declining, Tesla c... by imaginenore on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @12:55PM (#11863661)
That's a bad argument. Arbitrary energy transportation is not a solved problem. Power grids are designed to deliver from power plants to the consumers.
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