The fossil fuel economy is finished.
The only question is whether it manages to drag a lot of human civilization into it’s grave
The fossil fuel economy is finished.
The only question is whether it manages to drag a lot of human civilization into it’s grave
No, strategic renewables competition is counterproductive.
From GP comment:
That’s wrong, wind can provide a steady energy source (you see that in the plot from the OP article), it is available during the night and, depending on geography, can match some energy demand quite well.
It is not competing, it is complementing each other in a way that less storage is needed.
For example, in coastal Northern Europe, there is lots of wind power in winter, when electricity is needed to power heat pumps.
California specifically has a long coast line exposed to west winds from the Pacific ocean.
Batteries complement these.
An ideal fourth complement would be wave power like the Pelamis type. (Pelamis was shelved by E.ON, a fossil energy company, but probably copied by the Chinese.)
Les mal meinen Kommentar im Kontext noch mal, ich glaub du hast da was durcheinander, das sage ich doch gar nicht