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Re:Europe is in danger of rolling electricity shortages by jopsen on Sunday September 25, 2022 @04:54PM (#32976105)
Won't you just need 10x capacity spread over a large area with good transfer connections.

Maybe, a but if pumped hydro, some batteries, and power intensive industries running only when power is cheap?

(Not that nuclear wouldn't be nice, it's just never quick fix)

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Re:Europe is in danger of rolling electricity shortages by thrown_22 on Sunday September 25, 2022 @06:43PM (#32977157)
>What if we turned off society whenever the sun stopped shining?

Sure. Hope you don't have anything important running on electricity, like say life support systems.

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