Bwaha. Have you wondered why California and Germany have some of the most expensive energy in the world, while also being on the forefront of renewables - espec

Bwaha. Have you wondered why California and Germany have some of the most expensive energy in the world, while also being on the forefront of renewables - especially solar? It is because of this. Literally. You’ll need to do your own math though, because it’s too politically embarrassing to acknowledge. After all, California now has ‘too much solar’! It’s also why California is keeping their Nuke plant alive (doing a strong about face), and building a ton of natural gas peaker plants, and Germany imports massive amounts of electricity during certain times of day and year - and has been keeping coal around a lot longer than they were supposed to. Because this is a way harder problem than naive back of the envelope calculations suggest. But that would be awkward to acknowledge. So, we don’t. Or is it really ‘there is no way they could be lying to us, or doing something stupid! That would be crazy!’?. Because if so, I’ve got some math that shows it literally could be no other way.