Well Why do I love trolling this much..

Yeah, it is like that in some places. Also solar flux vary a lot by seasons as well. Dunno if wind has as much of an issue, but surely not great.

Who's 'we' here?

I wasn't even an expert but I knew they would do that just by distribution of military. Did not expect Civ 5 to be accurate, tho

I am talking in the sense that the same companies are participating in fusion research, and pretty sure the methods you mentioned are utilized somewhat in nuclear plants. Like handling and filtering radioactive materials.

Imo batteries are like this since battery companies are quite greedy. They want some big cut out of the cost.

Welp, I see. Still, this is way too much recurting of a pattern.

1. It's not easy to go over all options.
2. Many of these are largely theoretical, or for temporary storage. For instance, I don't think fluwheels can store energy for months.

Interesting, that was not what happened in my country. Sometimes it does take 8 years from allowance to finishing, but that's it.

Which options, can you specify?

How viable is pumped hydro? It would be good if feasible, but last I checked, there were not enough places where you can install them.

Well, I mean I was not thinking about USA..

I guess you are talking about US, since 5 years is standard from beginning constructions.

South Korea

I mean, the single biggest issue with solar is its land usage. Wind is much better with this.

I mean, it seems normal for big structure constructions to take 5 years at least..

About bog standard construction, I meant not standardized nuclear, but that many parts of it is just constructions

What is the issue of using skilled labor?

It says it took 60 months on average. I guess from approval, it often took 8 years, so a decade makes sense.

Wdym space with nuclear energy?

How is China so good at handling energy