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[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I would love to be decarbonised, but unfortunately i dont have the patience to wait 2 decades for it to happen.

[-] escapesamsara@discuss.online -1 points 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.

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 points 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%20farms%20can%20be%20built,last%20between%2020%E2%80%9325%20years.

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.

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