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Re:In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels by ViewTrick1002 on Thursday January 22, 2026 @05:25PM (#46725935)
Keep some of the existing natural gas plants around as an emergency reserve. Run them on hydrogen or hydrogen derivatives for zero carbon fuel, if the emissions are large enough to matter.
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Re:In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels by PunchyHamster on Friday January 23, 2026 @04:04AM (#46730219)
that costs a lot of money
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Re:In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels by ViewTrick1002 on Friday January 23, 2026 @04:17AM (#46730303)
Not really. That is how the grid works today. Especially open cycle turbines, which are essentially stationary aircraft engines.

Lowest possible fixed costs, high operating costs.

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Re:In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels by ViewTrick1002 on Friday January 23, 2026 @07:39AM (#46731772)
Only works if the plants also do CCS and keep a fixed set the carbon cycling around.

Which given the history of CCS likely would be a ploy from the fossil industry to just keep emitting.

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