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I think you are talking about off-grid vs. grid, but the others are not. The cost of solar applies also to utility companies, and I think that’s what GP was all

I think you are talking about off-grid vs. grid, but the others are not. The cost of solar applies also to utility companies, and I think that’s what GP was alluding to. The grid will switch to solar + battery if it becomes cheaper than alternatives (gas, coal, nuclear, etc.)

megaman22 8y ago
Unless battery/storage tech gets wildly better, you're still going to have to have the natural gas turbine plants that we're currently using for peak demand power to smooth out the inevitable spikes and troughs in supply from solar/wind renewables. It's such a damned shame that so many decades of potential progress in nuclear power were stymied by misguided FUD.