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clean energy is very hard to use for base load generation, you still need something for base load, nuclear energy fits that.


Or you can over-provision with renewables (which are cheap and getting cheaper all the time), or have utility/grid/home power storage, or balance renewable generation from different parts of the country/globe - it's always windy/sunny somewhere. There are lots of options.


Although that might _seem_ reasonable on its face, during peak periods (i.e. mid-winter during a cold snap), usually that other place you can get extra wind/sun supply from is on the other side of the globe.

https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/browser/#/?f=M&start=20...




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