Replying to my own comment with a more meta comment: I'd also like to point out that the Duck Curve is a good example of the class of problem in the energy tra

Replying to my own comment with a more meta comment: I'd also like to point out that the Duck Curve is a good example of the class of problem in the energy transition that seem like a major blocker at first and is often pointed to by detractors to using solar energy, but isn't really. Since these types of problems take years to manifest, it can be being broken down into smaller prioritized problems (such as addressing the slope problem of the "neck") that we, the cleantech sector, can individually figure out and deploy solutions to without stopping progress decarboninzing the grid. If you just keep solving thousands of these smaller problems over time, eventually you'll end up solving the overall problem. In a time where it's politically infeasible to do big things (e.g. building hundreds of nuclear generators), the cleantech sector has for the most part been making progress through incremental solutions that over time will get us where we need to go. I have no doubt that we'll solve the Duck Curve problem, but it will likely be one step at a time, not large strategic changes, which to outsiders make it seems like the problem is still a "blocker". Anyway, this is what fighting climate change looks like, and as an engineer, it's tons of fun to know that if you just keep solving problems, you'll wake up one day in a 100% clean energy world that you helped create.