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by bryanlarsen 1927 days ago
We need a lot less than a day of backup.

To deal with the capriciousness of renewable energy, in order of preference:

- time of use pricing - use a mix of renewable energy sources - demand reduction incentives - interconnect regions - overprovision - storage

If the first 5 things are done well, not much storage is needed.