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Re:Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on? by dangerface on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @09:42AM (#22180976)
> Without energy storage, renewables will fail

but none of the below are renewables

* Massive adoption of nuclear fission alone * Development & massive adoption of nuclear fusion alone * Shift from coal&oil to natural gas, cleaner fossil fuels + scaling carbon capture/sequestration

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Re:Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on? by amdavidson on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @12:13PM (#22183006)
You're clipping the wrong part of the sentence.

Parent is primarily disputing: "To stop climate change, renewables must replace fossil fuels." and if renewables fail, "this will cause global temperatures to rise over 3°C"

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