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Re:Power use is hitting record highs – what summer outage ri... by thefoyer on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @03:41PM (#31840869)
Where do you think the electricity comes from?
Re:Power use is hitting record highs – what summer outage ri... by elihu on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @09:17PM (#31844038)
It depends. Fossil fuels are still a major source, which needs to be replaced as soon as possible with something else (where "something else" probably means some combination of solar, wind, and nuclear).

What I'm saying is that in our long term planning, we shouldn't be thinking "we have X terawatts of fossil fuel production capacity so we need to build out X terawatts of non-fossil-fuel production capacity to replace it (including storage, as needed)" We should be thinking "We probably need ~2X terawatts of additional production because we're replacing fossil fuels for electricity generation in addition to transitioning to electricity-based heating and transportation."

Re:Power use is hitting record highs – what summer outage ri... by el_don_almighty on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @05:50PM (#31842316)
The same place hamburger, bacon, and keebler cookies.

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