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Cynical_Cabinet t1_ixwpgex wrote

Reply to comment by jayvapezzz in Europe wants to harness the power of the sun... from space/The ESA wants to collect solar energy from the cosmos to help the continent meet climate targets by Sorin61

And neither is space based solar.

Wind and solar are winning on the economic front. Batteries are just about good enough to solve the intermittency problem. Geothermal and/or tidal are likely to become cost competitive soon enough.

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Words_Are_Hrad t1_ixwzs85 wrote

>Batteries are just about good enough to solve the intermittency problem

No they aren't... We aren't even sure we can meet EV needs let alone powering the whole grid.

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