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Re:Gas Plants Will Get Crushed by Wind, Solar by 2035: Study by thfuran on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @05:33PM (#20934029)
Just how reliable are we talking? The odds of being unable to fully service demand for even a single day should be really, really low for infrastructure like electrical or water supply.
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Re:Gas Plants Will Get Crushed by Wind, Solar by 2035: Study by beat on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @06:16PM (#20934438)
Reliable enough to say "Wind will provide at least this much power, even on a "non-windy" day.

Also, keep in mind that wind is much, much steadier 200 feet in the air than it is on the ground, where it's subject to all sorts of disruptions and irregularities.

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Re:Gas Plants Will Get Crushed by Wind, Solar by 2035: Study by thfuran on Monday September 16, 2019 @02:40PM (#20987201)
>Reliable enough to say "Wind will provide at least this much power, even on a "non-windy" day.

That pretty much means nothing. How close is that guaranteed minimum to the maximum deliverable or expected daily average power?

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