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On the [[electrical grid]], just as for an off-grid home, wind energy can not stand alone.
On the [[electrical grid]], just as for an off-grid home, wind energy can not stand alone.


The quest for battery systems to make it smooth and dispatchable only underscores the [[wikipedia:Rube_Goldberg_machine|Rube Goldberg]]/[[wikipedia:W._Heath_Robinson|Heath Robinson]] character of large-scale wind power.
The quest for battery systems to make it smooth and dispatchable only underscores the [[wikipedia:Rube_Goldberg_machine|Rube Goldberg]]/[[wikipedia:W._Heath_Robinson|Heath Robinson]] character of wind power.


And the need for back-up sources to supply power for more than the short time (a few minutes to an hour or so) that batteries might provide underscores that wind energy is, in the end, a superfluous add-on only, a mere symbol – one that is not only expensive and harmful, but also virtually useless on a large scale.
And the need for back-up sources to supply power for more than the short time (a few minutes to an hour or so) that batteries might provide underscores that wind energy is, in the end, a superfluous add-on only, a mere symbol – one that is not only expensive and harmful, but also virtually useless on a large scale.

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