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Re:Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans by zamfi on Sunday June 26, 2022 @11:21PM (#31890251)
It is next to impossible to use only renewable electricity from the grid. I agree with you, the statement was meant to illustrate the original poster’s rather unhelpful maximalist stance.
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Re:Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans by tcfhgj on Monday June 27, 2022 @07:09PM (#31902117)
> It is next to impossible to use only renewable electricity from the grid.

And how do you come to this conclusion?

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Re:Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans by zamfi on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @12:24PM (#31909739)
I guess I should have said "currently" -- very few grids are 100% renewable; some offer the option to individual customers (hi EBCE!) but usually what this means is that the operators purchase enough power from renewable sources to cover that customer's daily use, but crucially it's not always at the time of use. For example, the user might be supplied with power from a fossil fuel power plant at night, but then extra solar power is purchased during sunnier periods to compensate.
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