I have found through experience in explaining the utility grid problem to those that have little or no knowledge of the topic to start simply with a visual math

I have found through experience in explaining the utility grid problem to those that have little or no knowledge of the topic to start simply with a visual mathematical equation. Everyone understands basic math right? Today we have: Generation = Consumption If generation fails, regardless of the reason, consumption fails as well. As some know, over consumption can cause generation failure and this is the finite juggle we read daily in the Summer from places such as TX and CA but this impact will be expanding globally year over year as electrical demand grows. Now consider: Generation + Storage = Consumption Using a buffer, a computing concept applied to the energy sector, would allow for a place to debit/credit energy at will within the limits of the system regardless of consumption. In time any and all generation systems will feed into storage mechanisms which shifts the system reliability to the storage vectors away from today's generation focus. This concept is extremely big picture and I mentioned nothing about renewables as the current core electrical grid design is unsustainable. Those with their thinking cap on will realize also that the buffer is nothing more than a unit of consumption itself that is capable of returning a portion of what it held minus efficiency round trip losses. Looking at it as math we can now apply logic as such ((Generation0 + Generation1 + GenerationN) + (Storage0 + Storage1 + StorageN)) = Consumption As an analogous computer comparison that some here can certainly relate to, I fall back to those which have experienced the relief when a load balancer was introduced into their tech stack. Failure is definitely still possible but the core architectural design change allows to plan and compensate for that failure. One thing is certain it will likely get worse before it gets better as there are many people talking about the problem and significantly less working toward a solution. PS: Apologies if the format is jacked, I'm busy building. Stay Healthy!