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by Retric 832 days ago
> Feel free to provide better numbers.

I did provide a US example for an apples to apples comparison. Providing lower numbers is irrelevant when higher numbers already prove the point.

> Also you should read up on the difference between power and energy since you're confusing the two in pretty much every line of your post. Watts aren't joules and joules aren't watts.

Don't hand wave, pick a single example.

If you don't understand my notation you can simply compare 2 * 1.1 GW nuclear reactors * 24h = 52.8 GWh per day. The battery example you gave was 400MW * 4h = 1.6GWh per day. 52.8 GWh / 1.6 GWh= 33x. I used 36x for a total of 20.16 Billion dollars.