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I'm typing this from inside my solar-panel-bedecked house in Texas, so don't take it too critically, but Texas is among the best spots for solar, not the typical spots. I get 300 days a year of good sunlight, and most of my residential energy demand is coming from A/C requirements that spike only a few hours after the solar supply does, so people here can get away with few batteries ... or if you rely on the grid for evening power like I do, no on-site batteries.
If your city doesn't get as much insolation (most of China, for some reason?) the economics look a little different. If much of your home energy demand is coming from a heat pump that needs to be pumping in the opposite direction (what, half the US?), the economics look a lot different. If both are true (half of Europe?) then it's long past time (except for you, France, we're cool) to just go nuclear.
For sure. Renewables aren't something you can just put anywhere. They have pros/cons like all power generation options. The pro/con balance has just shifted massively in the last 10 years and people don't recognize or acknowledge that.
It's just another tool in the belt of an industrial civilization. And to dismiss them because of culture warring is retarded and counterproductive to the betterment of humanity.
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