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Oil and gas - _when compared with solar, wind, etc._ - aren't energy per se, they are batteries. The energy is stored and all we do is release it.
On the other hand, wind and solar need to be created from scratch - and until we get better batteries - are released immediately.
We're not usually comparing apples to apples but batteries (tradional energy sources) to from-scratch energy (solar and wind).
Oil and gas - _when compared with solar, wind, etc._ - aren't energy per se, they are batteries. The energy is stored and all we do is release it.
On the other hand, wind and solar need to be created from scratch - and until we get better batteries - are released immediately.
We're not usually comparing apples to apples but batteries (tradional energy sources) to from-scratch energy (solar and wind).