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It's rather amazing that you think that people haven't already thought of this issue and addressed it.

In fact, it's long been addressed, and the cost of dealing with intermittency of renewable sources appears acceptable.

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9837910

> Even former critics must admit that adding e-fuels through PtX makes 100% RE possible at costs similar to fossil fuels. These critics are still questioning whether 100% RE is the cheapest solution but no longer claim it would be unfeasible or prohibitively expensive.



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