Until the public are prepared to turn devices off whenever they’re told, we need readily available sources of energy that can be fired up at a moment’s notice to fill the gaps between demand and what the renewables are providing. That’s done with gas, and so we all have to pay to keep a handful of gas stations operational. The alternative is that you turn appliances off on still cloudy days, which I suspect you’d like less than your current energy bill
Okay, so your bill is going to be a LOT higher for the next few years to pay for them to be built. Look, under our capitalist system there isn’t a way of having on-demand energy at all times without a cost to the consumer. I’d rather it were seen as an essential that the state provides, but there you go
Until the public are prepared to turn devices off whenever they’re told, we need readily available sources of energy that can be fired up at a moment’s notice to fill the gaps between demand and what the renewables are providing. That’s done with gas, and so we all have to pay to keep a handful of gas stations operational. The alternative is that you turn appliances off on still cloudy days, which I suspect you’d like less than your current energy bill
Newsflash — battery banks work just as well as gas peaker plants. And they’re currently cheaper.
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/02/in-solar-vs-gas-matchup-it-was-energy-storage-that-killed-the-beast/
https://www.cesa.org/replacing-fossil-fueled-peaker-power-plants-with-battery-energy-storage/
Okay, so your bill is going to be a LOT higher for the next few years to pay for them to be built. Look, under our capitalist system there isn’t a way of having on-demand energy at all times without a cost to the consumer. I’d rather it were seen as an essential that the state provides, but there you go