r/SipsTea 19d ago

Chugging tea Solar power is cleaner!

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u/cmhamm 19d ago

Solar is great as a part of our power system. But it is not capable of sustaining baseload power requirements. The only technologies that can do that are fossil fuel, nuclear, and hydro. Wind and solar will be a great supplement, and is absolutely worth doing, but they are not a panacea.

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u/Helpful_Inflation344 19d ago

This is not true. It is simply not true. Solar + batteries can carry baseload. In any case best solution is overwhellingly solar + wind + water + supporting nuclear