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How Does Your State Make Electricity? America isn’t making electricity the way it did two decades ago. (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Hydrogen production can make fossil fuel peaking plants obsolete if there's enough capacity to soak up excess nuclear and reweable power during periods of low demand. Long term storage is a possibility, but we need hydrogen anyway for GHG-free ammonia (fertilizer), steel production, and vehicle fuel.

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