Comment Comment by triceratops > Solar and wind are not a panacea, and batteries won't solve all power needs,The wind doesn't stop blowing at night.> batteries won't solve all power needsCitation please.In 2025 I calculated it would cost only a year of German GDP for batteries to power Germany for 6 months. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45443098That's an absurd amount of batteries that would never be needed. And batteries have only gotten cheaper since then. parent triceratops 14 days ago
The wind doesn't stop blowing at night.
> batteries won't solve all power needs
Citation please.
In 2025 I calculated it would cost only a year of German GDP for batteries to power Germany for 6 months. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45443098
That's an absurd amount of batteries that would never be needed. And batteries have only gotten cheaper since then.