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[–] dgmib@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

In most jurisdictions, tripling renewables doesn’t get us to a place where we’re generating more electricity than we can instantaneously use. The few places where it is possible can usually export excess electricity to neighbouring jurisdictions that still rely heavily on fossil fuels.

We still have a depressingly long way to go before we’re at the point of renewables generating “excess” energy that needs to be stored.