Post #2175109

@kate@fosstodon.org Just thought I would write a note to thank you for your site grid.iamkate.com which injects much needed sanity into the attempts to spread disinformation about climate change. The number of folk who splutter about 'renewables not being viable' when wind is actually used to generate more electricity than fossil fuels in the UK is quite something. I am not a fan of nuclear power on account of the expense so I get accused of being ignorant quite a bit. I do have a doctorate from Oxford University Department of Nuclear Physics so if that isn't enough not to be ignorant, I don't know what is. The problem with nuclear is in accounting and the problem with wind/solar is in the intermittency issue. Nuclear costs at least six times as much as offshore wind, which means we will soon be needing to look at storage to get from 38% renewables to over 60%. So the figure I am interested in right now is what the headroom is for increasing renewables without overcapacity.