Denmark's wind and solar investments shield it from global energy turmoil

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40 points·vrganj··9 comments

> President Donald Trump: They kill the birds

I was surprised recently that domestic cats are thought to kill upto 4 billion birds annually in the US (compared with upto 1/2 million by windows and 1 million by 'windmills')

I thought the argument was that if nature did something it was cool and great but if humans did the same thing it was evil and twisted?

Domestic cats are not ‘nature’

Outdoor cats are pretty much an extremely invasive species caused by humans. I love my cats but I keep them indoors only

2nd order effects are too complicated for average Joe

I mean don't forget that a large amount of the cheap energy going to Denmark is made in Sweden. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/sweden-pauses-plans-...

The electricity can flow both ways in a cable, and for example right now Denmark is exporting to most of its neighbours.

https://www.svk.se/om-kraftsystemet/kontrollrummet/ is a wonderful resource

On average, at least according to https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/SE/all/monthly, Sweden is exporting a lot of electricity, and Denmark imports.

(Though right now, the SE→DK import is going straight through to Germany.)

There's a weird trope in this area that exporting is good and importing is bad. Except of course they exactly balance each other. Someone has to import your exports.

It's a Trump-level analysis of the benefits of trade.

Sweden has lots of nuclear and wind both of which can be turned off, but in general it's much better for everyone to sell your excess if you have a willing trade partner and an interconnect. The rest of their grid is mostly hydro which has some amount of storage built in but also sometimes is equally "use it or lose it".

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