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[–] maplesaga@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Sorry its things like copper as well, I really meant all metal refining. Batteries are also required for wind and solar to be useful, without that you've got intermittent power that causes grid failure.

Nuclear is the only useful renewable at any kind of scale that isn't entirely dependent on China.

[–] twopi@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Sorry its things like copper as well, I really meant all metal refining.

I hope you are campaigning to remove the entire grid because "copper" and "all metal refining" is "Communist". Otherwise, you are a hypocrite.

Batteries are also required for wind and solar to be useful, without that you’ve got intermittent power that causes grid failure.

No, they are not required. For the batteries we do need, there's research into other battery chemistries.

You can also produce hydrogen from renewables or better yet pumped hydro for electricity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jx_bJgIFhI

Nuclear is the only useful renewable at any kind of scale that isn’t entirely dependent on China.

So obviously not true. You forgot hydro and geothermal. Majority of electricity in Ontario is Nuclear. Majority of electricity in Quebec, B.C., Manitoba, and Newfoundland is hydro. Majority of electricity in Iceland is geothermal.

You're so obviously wrong and biased.

You'd have more respect if you just said "I want free money, wah". What a fucking looser.