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Re:World to hit temperature tipping point 10 years faster th... by ReptileMan on Saturday August 07, 2021 @06:53AM (#28097580)
Both yes and no. If renewables and buffer storage become raw cheaper than fossils, then they will just be adopted.

But as of now coal is cheaper. And nuclear which is the natural bridge gap tech is politically unfeasible.

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Re:World to hit temperature tipping point 10 years faster th... by SideburnsOfDoom on Saturday August 07, 2021 @06:58AM (#28097608)
> But as of now coal is cheaper.

do you have a reference for that? Citation needed as to where and by how much coal is cheaper.

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Re:World to hit temperature tipping point 10 years faster th... by ReptileMan on Saturday August 07, 2021 @09:29AM (#28098444)
About what? Does 1gw base load capable renewable installation with grid storage that can work 24/7, 365 days per year even exist?

And this is fairly trivial to start with coal.

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Re:World to hit temperature tipping point 10 years faster th... by SideburnsOfDoom on Saturday August 07, 2021 @10:04AM (#28098661)
Ah, you didn't mention base load or scale, just "coal is cheaper". Thank you for clarifying.

It's becoming clear that (see links that I posted upthread, and the replies) that _any_ blanket statement of "_x_ energy is cheaper" is going to be wrong in some cases, at present. And things are changing year by year.

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Re:World to hit temperature tipping point 10 years faster th... by ReptileMan on Saturday August 07, 2021 @08:02PM (#28103008)
Since we were talking about emerging and developing economies I assumed that we were talking about base load since this is what they mostly need.

As we can see by Itaipu and Three Gorges Dam - people prefer renewables to coal when it makes economic sense and is cheaper.

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