Re: Wind Solar unreliable compared to Gas Coal Nuclear

Jim Wilkins wrote:

> "cshenk"  wrote in message
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> Dechucka wrote:
> 
> > On 28/09/2021 7:12 am, Just Wondering wrote:
> >> On 9/27/2021 2:15 PM, Dechucka wrote:
> >> > On 28/09/2021 5:57 am, contact wrote:
> >> > > When the wind stops blowing, the electricity stops flowing!
> >> >
> >> > Interesting my house is totally solar and I have power at night.
> >> > Go  figure
> > > 
> >> We all figure that either "my house is totally solar" or "I have
> >> power at night" is a lie, because they can't both be true.
> > 
> > That is the reality. Come on have a think about how this reality is
> > achieved.
> 
> Easy, big backup power and located where sun is the norm, clouds and
> rain not much so.
> 
> PS: testing the waters with an older 2021 post.
> -------------------------
> JW was playing a lawyer's word game with what "solar" means,
> discounting solar-derived electricity stored chemically in batteries,
> until I pointed out that his strict literal definition would also
> require solar energy to be stored and used as photons instead of
> converted to electricity.

LOL!  Anyway, I opted to not have battery backup at my place.  Power
outages are rare and seldom more than an hour.