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Aperron t1_jbjtho2 wrote

Reply to comment by Howard_Scott_Warshaw in Solar energy in Vermont? by star_tyger

That’s wonderful. A $40+ million dollar installation, being built in response to a state mandate to build battery storage.

The installation can supply power to a small area for between 3 to 10 hours and then becomes entirely useless once discharged.

Remove the political constraints and I bet the ROI on a gas turbine is much better.

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Howard_Scott_Warshaw t1_jbjyi1u wrote

You're acting like fossil fuels aren't subsidized as well, and also forgetting about the blackouts in TX caused by frozen nat. gas pipelines. I'm sure you would agree those plants were "entirely useless".

I would agree, remove subsidies and political constraints and let the technologies fight it out. However this is a bit of a fantasy world, and if it were to happen I believe nuclear would see a resurgence and take over as the prime mover.

Hopefully this discussion is pointless in 20 years once fusion technology takes off.

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