1 year ago

Environmentalists Deny Baseload!!!
https://youtu.be/ZNihke-a9XQ

Environmentalists, pushing renewables while opposing nuclear, have to deal with the problems of baseload, specifically, that solar and wind can't provide it. Apparently, their latest tactic is to just deny that baseload power is necessary, a notion as absurd as creationism and the flat Earth!

Baseload Power Doesn’t Make Sense Anymore - CleanTechnica https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/15/baseload-power-doesnt-make-sense-any-more/

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0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Renewables Cannot Provide a Baseload
1:24 - Environmentalists Deny the Baseload
3:11 - First Strawman
5:50 - Second Strawman
6:51 - Baseload Is about Reliability
7:41 - Real-World Example
10:37 - Flexibility of Baseload
13:46 - What Happens if the Grid Uses Less than Baseload?
17:07 - Even Denying Supply and Demand!
18:22 - The Price Mechanism
19:28 - They Hate the Part, "The sun doesn't always shine, the wind doesn't always blow"
21:26 - Manipulating the Statistics
23:26 - Batteries???
25:40 - Conclusion