• acosmichippo@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    problem is solar and wind are variable and not feasible everywhere. for places like australia solar is amazing. Winter in canada? not so much. So for a baseline you’d have to store a massive amount of energy in some way.

    if you plan on batteries that requires lots of precious metals we will need elsewhere to aid in the transition to electric power.

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      22 days ago

      The problem is something else. Energy in winter canada shouldn’t be used to power factories, the industry should be moved south but you have invisible lines on a map preventing that from ever happening.

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      23 days ago

      if you plan on batteries that requires lots of precious metals we will need elsewhere to aid in the transition to electric power.

      Umm, what about sodium-ion that are now getting put into production?