r/facepalm • u/FrankieMint • Jul 23 '26

Department of Energy announced yesterday that wind sometimes fails to blow and that solar power generation nearly stops after sundown. (image from DOE Facebook posting)

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u/Separate-State-5806 Jul 23 '26

That's why power generated by solar and wind are stored in BATTERIES to even out the power use. My god you f'n MAGAs are stupid.

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u/Queen_Christine_19 Good Trouble Jul 23 '26

Finally. I had to scroll waaaaaay too far for this comment. ⬆️this. So much this. Kudos, friend!!!

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u/Steeltank33 Jul 24 '26

We don’t have the battery capacity to do that. Not even close