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by gefhfffh 1595 days ago
E.g. energy storage systems
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They have a max capacity. They cannot be steady consumers of electricity for the 95%+ of the time that there is enough electricity to go around.
So does mining.

Just turn off fossil based plants and you reduce needed max capacity.

Didn't know we have too much energy with a low carbon footprint.