Every time Solar and Wind and other renewables get mentioned - people get very confused over what is 'baseload', 'intermittency', why those terms are important

Every time Solar and Wind and other renewables get mentioned - people get very confused over what is 'baseload', 'intermittency', why those terms are important and the whole "oh but the sun doesn't always shine and the wind doesn't always blow argument. See my comment further below https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11520789 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11520789