Is MTG Really this stupid?

Perjury Traitor Greene seems to think that solar and wind energy only work when there's sun and wind, apparently she's never heard of batteries, you mean they don't have batteries in deep, dark Georgia where she's from? Is her brain even capable of keeping her breathing?

“Thank god for air conditioning. Let’s talk about refrigerators. I personally like my refrigerator. I know you all like yours. What about washing machines and dryers? Lord please God don’t make me scrub clothes in a bucket and have to hang them out on a line when we switch over to wind turbines and solar panels,” she said. “I’m gonna be really pissed off about that. I mean, how absurd is this? I like the lights on. I wanna stay up later at night. I don’t wanna have to go to bed when the sun sets. It’s so silly! I mean, all of this is insane.”

Cr.:
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ElwoodBlues · M

She's the lady who blamed western wildfires on "Jewish Space Lasers" right?

Yeah, she's that stupid.

Regarding batteries:

Battery storage capacity in the United States more than tripled in 2021, growing from 1,438 MW in 2020 to 4,631 MW, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. More than 100 utility-scale projects were brought online last year, the agency said in a July 5 Electricity Monthly Update.
The growth occured as storage use cases have expanded, EIA noted. Batteries have been used to provide ancillary services since 2016 but arbitrage, load management and the consumption of excess renewable generation applications saw “significantly increased levels of participation.”

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/energy-storage-capacity-eia-2021-report/627028/

“Load management was another application that saw a significant increase in battery storage capacity,” the agency added. This technique attempts to flatten a grid’s demand profile, and the use case “saw a 744 MW increase in capacity in 2021, rising from 110 MW in 2020 to 854 MW in 2021,” EIA noted.

Batteries are often developed alongside wind and solar generation, allowing them to soak up clean energy at times when demand is low. More than 93% of the battery capacity added last year was co-located with solar, EIA noted. “This use case gained 1,086 MW of capacity in 2021 and is reflective of the continued industry-wide growth of paired renewable and storage capacity,” the agency said.

spjennifer · 61-69, T

@ElwoodBlues Perhaps those "Jewish Space Lasers" could be used to charge batteries too! oh wait... 🤪