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Re:Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded. Now the... by Moldoteck on Saturday August 30, 2025 @01:50AM (#45072187)
Ice didn't use electricity. It used energy from fossil fuels. Are you comfusing things? Electrification does add electric demand. It reduces total energy consumption due to efficiency but electric demand still grows

Yes, you need vastly more transmission for a distributed ren grid. Both for deployment and for avoiding curtailment

Re:Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded. Now the... by zekrioca on Saturday August 30, 2025 @03:44AM (#45072721)
It is very hard to argue when you think electricity != energy, and you cannot even see that EV displaces the use of fossil fuels (I.e., a type of primary energy), even when you yourself wrote that it consumes less energy lol

Solar panels in rooftops can decrease the saturation of the grid, so more transmission is not necessarily needed.