>>1129101>Are you illiterate? You are saying increased renewables today would mean a less reliable grid, but the share of renewables has significantly increased in the past 10 years, and grid reliability has increased.And fossil fuels have also increased just as much. That's what keeping the grid stable, the massive increased use of natural gas that has kept pace even with the increased amounts of solar and wind. Again, explain your logic, how does two unreliable energy sources, whose power output could drop to near zero under certain conditions. If anything, the fact that a more reliable grid exists just says to the engeering needed to make the grid be able to divert power and adjust to the dips and peak in both wind and solar.
>>1129102Give me a source then. And again, solar can only be used in the day and it's power output can drop like a brick on a rainy day, which means that for every mhw of solar you have, you need the same mhw backup power supply to pick up the slack at night or off grid storage. Expensive to say the least. And in many parts of the world, solar is literally unusable due to the location and climate.
>>1129104In total percentage yes. But we are still increasing the total amount of natural gas by gross tonnage that we use. And I suggest that you don't use California as an example when it's the clear leader in renewable energy and has tons of tax breaks and regulations to allow for it's record breaking renewables supply. Not when you look at the rest of the country and our current government.
