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> That's not gonna happen. No climate model is predicting a doomsday event. I'm not talking about the climate. I'm talking about the grid. My prediction is th

> That's not gonna happen. No climate model is predicting a doomsday event. I'm not talking about the climate. I'm talking about the grid. My prediction is that we'll keep on building renewables until renewables break the grid, then patch it up in a hurry, and nuclear will still not be built in the end.

zdragnar 4y ago
If renewables start straining the grid, they'll just face economically infeasible grid connect fees, reduced or negative rates. That's already the case in California. Power companies don't get to just start supplying electricity to the grid at will; rather than the grid breaking, operators will simply say "no more". At that point, the only urgency will be an artificial, political one.