Or, to echo the main point of the OP: just use gas peakers for these rare events, and when climate deniers try to give you grief for not being 100% pure, wipe y

Or, to echo the main point of the OP: just use gas peakers for these rare events, and when climate deniers try to give you grief for not being 100% pure, wipe your tears with the millions of dollars you've saved by adopting cheap renewables for the other 97% of the time.