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Originally Posted by SV650rules
truth is for every wind turbine you need 100% conventional power backup
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Or battery back up / pumped stored hydro / more inter-connects / etc. Yes renewable energy is unreliable and we need to mitigate against that. Generally the UK has wind blowing somewhere in it's environs, so wind can do a good job. Its a case of storing surplus energy from renewables for when its not quite meeting demand. A battery, a pumped storage scheme or "lending" it to another country are ways of doing this. I don't think current technology is the complete answer, but we HAVE to find the answer.
Humankind cannot just keep burning stuff if the planet (and out children) are to survive.