• NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    Agreed - it doesn’t have to supply 100% to be useful. It would be a great low-emissions adjunct to the hydro system and a way to hedge the risk of droughts impacting current supply

    • betanumerus@lemmy.ca
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      6 days ago

      Of course it would be! ! It actually IS! Plenty of people are using solar! 20% of Australia’s electricity! So in Australia, it’s actively, currently, really, reducing fossil fuel consumption by at least 20%! It IS being used as a solution to emissions. The only reason it isn’t 100% is because we aren’t there yet. There is no barrier but naysayers!