>On top of that many publications talk as if electricity from other sources could easily replace gas, which is also incorrect. Only storage can replace gas. Th

>On top of that many publications talk as if electricity from other sources could easily replace gas, which is also incorrect. Only storage can replace gas. This is because a tank of gas is energy storage. It contains energy and you're storing it. You need the least amount of storage for nuclear (daily), more for wind (monthly) and still more for solar (semiannual). The storage burden for solar could be reduced by running some energy-intensive processes, like calcining or metal refining, on a seasonal basis. Alternatively, it might be possible to turn nuclear plants on in October and off in April; they have a long startup, but not necessarily months.