Windpower
On Wednesday, 14 August 2019 15:11:01 UTC+1, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Diversity for its own sake is meaningless. You need to examine how many
single points of failure there are.
and how often it happens
With wind, it is the wind itself.
very frequent
With solar, it is the daylight.
every day
With Hydro, it is the rain
less frequent
With fossil fuel, it is the fuel supply
rarely
There is no single point of failure for nuclear power, except political
interference.
you can stockpile 100 years of fuel easily and with no huge expense.
NT
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