The only problem with that is that Willett Kempton is not the primary author and the primary author very definitely does have an engineering background (bachelo

The only problem with that is that Willett Kempton is not the primary author and the primary author very definitely does have an engineering background (bachelor of engineering in 2007, PhD candidate in electrical engineering). Running down the list of other authors we have a bachelor of ocean engineering, currently a graduate student in the same field, a master in oceanography and current PhD student as well as one student with more of a policy focus plus the aforementioned professor. Your comment is ignorant and lazy. Appeals to authority can be valid, sure, but when you make them you better be damn sure you are doing it correctly, for example by quickly glancing at the abstract. Here is the actual paper: http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/windpower/resources/BudischakEtAl-2013-CostMinimizedWindSolarPJM.pdf http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/windpower/resources/BudischakEtAl-2... Have at it.