>The big issue with solar is not how many megawattts I can field it’s how I store it for the no sun periods.
We would probably need some wind and maybe even nuclear for the night, but there are many ways to make solar more useful, including east-west transmission cables and demand response (for example charging your car or producing green hydrogen when the sun is strongest)
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>The big issue with solar is not how many megawattts I can field it’s how I store it for the no sun periods.
We would probably need some wind and maybe even nuclear for the night, but there are many ways to make solar more useful, including east-west transmission cables and demand response (for example charging your car or producing green hydrogen when the sun is strongest)