Base load: no, you can get away with it because there's always some demand but if it ever drops below your base load level you suddenly need to find a way to du

Base load: no, you can get away with it because there's always some demand but if it ever drops below your base load level you suddenly need to find a way to dump energy off. A grid of perfectly dispatchable, if such a thing were possible, would be the ideal. Hydro: "Cruachan power station can respond within 26 seconds to sudden demands for electricity." https://www.secret-scotland.com/place/cruachan-power-station https://www.secret-scotland.com/place/cruachan-power-station I live in Scotland. The nuclear fans are prolonging fossil fuels through their false claims that renewables can't achieve what they are already achieving. Scotland used to get 85% of its electricity from fossil fuels. That figure is 10% today. Nuclear fans keep pushing for a hugely expensive solution that will take at least a decade to start producing. It's a delaying tactic. I don't mean that anyone who is pushing for nuclear is a shill, I just think they've fallen for the narrative.