elektra
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Solar and Wind are not sustainable. You can not build nor maintain Solar and Wind without fossil fuels to include coal. You can not manufacture Solar or Wind without coal, period. Batteries? How much will the manufacture of batteries increase the use of Coal? It will be substantial, after all, the Batteries will result in the next, largest, increase in the use of Heavy Industry, that is after Wind and Solar.Yes, heavily subsidized coal and oil power MUST eventually be replaced with far more consistent battery stored power akin to Tesla Powerwall technology. But nice red herring. The point was solar and wind are used. No one even suggested fossil sources played no role currently. But go nuts why don't ya?Only in fantasyland. Renewables aren't consistent enough with their generation so industry MUST use fossil fuel powered or hydroelectric (the sole renewable that is consistent) power generation systems because they can't afford the damage done to machinery when the "green" energy system fails. As they do so frequently.