• escapesamsara@discuss.online
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    1 year ago

    How long do you think it takes to build renewables? It’s been about 20 years since most countries have started implementation and no country is 100% reliant on renewable energy or could store even a night’s energy needs without generation.

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      1 year ago

      You can build a 50MW wind farm in 6 months

      https://www.edfenergy.com/energywise/all-you-need-to-know-about-wind-power#:~:text=Wind farms can be built,last between 20–25 years.

      It’s been about 20 years since most countries have started implementation and no country is 100% reliant on renewable energy or could store even a night’s energy needs without generation.

      Lot to unpack here.

      There are actually a few countries that have 100% renewable capacity such as Iceland or Scotland and a lot more that are very close.

      Yes we could be 100% renewable by now but the ff industry has done a lot of lobbying and conservative politicians have dragged their feet.

      It has been a lot longer than 20 years since countries started building nuclear, yet were not 100% nuclear, is that a fault of the technology? or the politicians and NIMBYs?

      Wind works at night, so you dont really need to store a nights worth of energy, especially as energy consumption is much lower at night.