[Windchaser]

> The article is typical handwavy crap which is popular among people living in what amounts to subtropics

To be fair, 90% of the population lives within 45 degrees of the equator. If we're talking about global energy solutions for CO2 reduction, we can go a long way just by focusing on what works in these areas of the globe.

The article does also point out that hydro/wind are going to be important at higher latitudes in winter, but they also acknowledge that they don't account for seasonal variation in demand. That's the biggest flaw I can find in the analysis.

FWIW: I'm down in a mild arid climate at 35N, and yeah, 90% of our winter days are nearly sunny, even when the lows are in the teens. It's a different world for sure.

[coryrc]

Most space heating is in the Northern parts though, so those are the ones that need to be addressed. There are solutions that are a pareto improvement, but it's a coordination problem and the USA is sufficiently broken and unable to solve those.

[pixl97]

> so those are the ones that need to be addressed.

Make energy so expensive that people have to move away or burn their old house.

[coryrc]

You'd think, but then you get Northeastern states paying poor people thousands of dollars a year to keep their oil heat going.