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> When talking about the electrical grid you have to be able to generate energy in any amount whenever you want.

I think there is an error thinking this way.

It is like saying "everyone must own a pickup truck, because they must be able to move any household appliance or furniture item at any time."

"nobody can drive an electric vehicle because they must be able to drive to the next state at any time."

Honestly, you can have a very reliable electrical grid that is runs on solar/wind/batteries for most of the time.

Batteries enhance the grid, and if there was a period of no wind or no sun, it is quite easy to spin up gas turbines for a day or a month.

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It's not quite the same when failing to meet peak demand means pipes freeze or people die of heat exhaustion. There are areas in the country that are over a hundred degrees at night. It's going to take a lot of solar to cool all those homes.

Could we all live a different way, communally instead of in our own big boxes? It's physically possible but socially impossible. The truth is we'd rather burn the planet to the ground and we will. That's our nature, little use fighting it.