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		ThomPete on Dec 29, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A new generation of environmentalists is learning ... In what world do you not need power at night? That's the most absurd claim I have heard in a long time.

Spooky23 on Dec 29, 2018 [–]

Peak load is aligned with sunlight.

Depending on where you live, many of the on-demand power generators like gas and solar farms are idle.

ThomPete on Dec 30, 2018 | [–]

Not if you go to Scandinavia.

toomuchtodo on Dec 30, 2018 | | [–]

Which is what HVDC transmission lines are for to other countries with disparate low/zero carbon energy sources.

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