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by iharhajster 3344 days ago
This "clean" energy sources are nice, but we all know how do we resurect a dead transmission network [1]. Remember EU, Nov '06 [2]. And pray to have water in accumulations. It's all cool, this wind and solar, but it must be strategically globally built to be effective during major blackouts in one part of the globe.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_start

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_European_blackout