• eleitl@lemmy.zip
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    4 hours ago

    Solar with storage has an EROEI of 4:1, nevermind dunkelflaute. Too low to power a complex industrial society.

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      1 hour ago

      Solar with storage has an EROEI of 4:1,

      This is a worst-case estimate, a properly distributed system of storage gets an eroei of up to 15:1, which is equivalent to fossil fuels with far fewer externalities.

      Nuclear can get more, true, but the externalities are pretty bad compared to panels and wind farms.