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Old Posted Feb 4, 2015, 6:55 PM
MalcolmTucker MalcolmTucker is offline
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Originally Posted by SOSS View Post
Wind is variable, but if you have enough wind generators in enough different areas would that not resolve the variability issue?

Geothermal has yet to be tapped.
In theory, but you will end up producing way more electricity than you ever will need, and you will still need to build a backup plant (pumped storage or natural gas) unless you're willing to accept the 1% of time when your system produces nothing. Ends up being super expensive.
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