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Old 11-13-2018, 03:58 PM   #3690 (permalink)
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If these are so great - why don't we have them? They have to have energy and material inputs, and they can't be perpetual - so, how are they renewable?
Because reasons. Not renewable, re-manufacturable.

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Centralized power plants are problematic. We need to go to micro grids, which are much more robust and resilient.
The path forward would be to embed microgrids within larger grids and complete the Bering Strait intertie.
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