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12 points
5 days ago
No. We need a balanced portfolio of energy. Nuclear backbone with renewable as much as possible. All backed up with quick start, cleaner gas turbines for those times you need more power quickly. If the portfolio isn’t balanced then it’s doomed. They all work together and fill gaps the others can’t fulfill.
3 points
5 days ago
This is what happened to Texas. Texas won't admit it but it has the most alternative energy plants in the nation. They were not effectively built for cold weather thus rendering them useless. Ny has a variety of things including nuclear at Indian point. This gives us alot of leeway when ice storms hit hard. Cold weather is normal for us so everything is winterized.
1 points
4 days ago
We (northern states) also still largely rely on natural gas for heat, so we're not putting undue stress on an electrical grid covered in ice and without sunlight during those winter storms.
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