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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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