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Re:In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms t... by rmetzler on Sunday August 18, 2019 @04:25AM (#20728969)
> The variability is not what has slowed down wind energy deployments.

It has been subsidized in a lot places. And yes it creates a lot of variability which is currently mitigated by powering fossil plants up and down.

People think they buy solar and wind power and it works on paper, but in reality it only works because there are fossil fuel plants as backup.

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Re:In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms t... by TomK32 on Sunday August 18, 2019 @04:46AM (#20729036)
Nuclear power has been subsidized, most still is, coal is still subsidized. So what's the problem here?
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Re:In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms t... by AtlasBarfed on Monday August 19, 2019 @08:41AM (#20737186)
Politics and ignorance, the usual culprits
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