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Re:U.S. Exits Paris Climate Accord by PragmaticPulp on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @09:02AM (#24989096)
They’re not interchangeable.

Solar is great for marginal additional output, but to make it useful as a primary energy source it requires massive investments in storage technology. Solar doesn’t work at night or on cloudy days, so you still need other power sources. At least as long as storage solutions are rare.

Re:U.S. Exits Paris Climate Accord by ben_w on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @09:25AM (#24989294)
Which is why Tesla is now talking about Terafactories rather than just Gigafactories for battery production.