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Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded, now they want to silence him

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542 points xbmcuser | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 06:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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testhest ◴[27 Aug 25 10:16 UTC] No.45037600[source]▶
Wind is only useful up to a point, once it gets above 20% of generation capacity ensuing grid stability becomes expensive either through huge price swings or grid level energy storage.
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jncfhnb ◴[27 Aug 25 10:26 UTC] No.45037677[source]▶
Oil is only useful up to a point, once your planetary ecosystem starts to collapse it gets a lot more expensive
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1. Filligree ◴[27 Aug 25 11:29 UTC] No.45038174[source]▶
The oil stays cheap. It’s everything else that gets expensive.