Here is the link to the article which contains some alarming results of changing from gas power stations to relying on renewable wind and solar. None of these issues is ever mentioned in the mass media. It also should be clear that this new power supply will also be much more expensive.
We'll turn off your electricity when we feel like it - Clintel
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ReplyDeleteNotice the deep maroon area growing larger on the bottom right of the distribution graph. This is the area of extremes in weather. Especially heat waves. This is what fossil fuel burning is creating is this small growing area of our climate. To stay with fossil fuels is the insanity of doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. We have to leave fossil fuels in the ground.
If you have enough dispatchable sources, the intermittent nature of renewable energy can be balanced out. From Britain's point of view, nuclear from France, different hydro power sources, possible geothermal development, gravity storage, batteries, etc.