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by mbruce 2566 days ago
Nicelear dispatchable energy can be argued is cross subsidising the intermittent wind...
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I'm not sure why this is being downvoted, I think it is a fair point. The cost per hour of wind do not, I think, reflect all the infrastructure required for the other power plants that are required when the wind is not blowing. Yet, this is a very real cost of using wind power.