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by baldfat 1481 days ago
Not if you discount hydro electric. We have to store the wind and solar and then be able to use it. We have the water pump idea where they pump the energy into water that is released at night in Virginia. We hear of melted salts as a means to create steam after dark.

Nuclear is really our only viable solution to get rid of carbon based energy, but that ship has sailed in most of Europe and no one is ready to finance a new plant in NA.