Let me do some cocktail-napkin math here. US generation capacity in Feb 2022 was 1.2e12 Watts [1] (let's take that as the value for 2021 as well) US electric

Let me do some cocktail-napkin math here. US generation capacity in Feb 2022 was 1.2e12 Watts [1] (let's take that as the value for 2021 as well) US electricity consumption in 2021 was 3.93e15 Watt-Hours. [2] Now, 1 Watt over a 365.25-day year is 8766 Watt-Hours. So, US capacity for 2021 under our assumption was 8766 * 1.2e12 = 1.05e16 . That's 3x capacity over need. So, those doom-and-gloom descriptions of inadequacy of solar and wind seem to rely on a low capacity/need rate. [1] - https://www.publicpower.org/resource/americas-electricity-generating-capacity https://www.publicpower.org/resource/americas-electricity-ge... [2] - https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/use-of-electricity.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/use-of-elect...