SeaJ@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoUS grid adds batteries at 10x the rate of natural gas in first half of 2024arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareArkouda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months ago Easy, just compare the amount of pollution required to make a battery and a solar panel with the amount of pollution required to extract and burn fossil fuels for the equivalent power output over the duration of the renewable’s working lifetime. If it is so easy I am waiting.
If it is so easy I am waiting.