During the day California runs on up to 40% solar energy on some days and I don't notice any difference. My stuff doesn't care where its electricity comes from.

During the day California runs on up to 40% solar energy on some days and I don't notice any difference. My stuff doesn't care where its electricity comes from. I drive an electric car too. http://www.caiso.com/TodaysOutlook/Pages/supply.aspx http://www.caiso.com/TodaysOutlook/Pages/supply.aspx There is a lot of low-hanging fruit. Coal is the #1 cause of climate change and phasing it out is the most important thing we can do. Just swapping coal for gas cuts CO2 emissions per kWh by 50%. The problem is that coal is cheap. In most places in the world it is still the cheapest way to generate electricity. After that other big things are: live closer to work, use public transit, drive electric vehicles, eat less meat (especially beef), and improve home insulation if you use a lot of HVAC. Those are relatively minor lifestyle changes. A lot of environmentalists really let the perfect (and very impractical) be the enemy of the good on this. We can make a substantial dent with very little change. After we do all the easy stuff like phase out coal, then we can look at what's left. This is how you solve problems in the real world.