Solar power overtook coal in the European Union’s electricity production for the first time in 2024, and renewables made up nearly half of the bloc’s energy mix.

  • macniel
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    415 hours ago

    But… At night the sun doesn’t shine!!!

    • @Valmond
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      1015 hours ago

      When you feel the wind of change…

      • @[email protected]
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        34 hours ago

        Well, unfortunately you can’t just shut down the entire grid and start it up on a whim. Storage is needed. And is going down in price, up in scalability and availability. And the feasable technologies get bigger in numbers, top.

      • @[email protected]
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        614 hours ago

        The machines of our capitalist overlords never sleep though. Bad news for the workers in shift work, who have to keep the machines running.

        • @[email protected]
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          16 hours ago

          Dreamer boy. Open your eyes wide and you‘ll see that most of the economy isn‘t run by fabrication but services. Services for people conducted by people.

          • @[email protected]
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            13 hours ago

            I see no contradiction, the machines run nontheless, so not all the people get to sleep at night.