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by privatelypublic 335 days ago
It's not going to be optional. And day/night isn't even nearly fine enough granularity. It'll be minute by minute and grid tied.

I suspect we'll see the grid get very close to 100% being the "base" load, and the complexities of having power flow in so many directions will cause the largest blackout to date.

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Once there are 50M electric cars parked here and there, the solution will be even more obvious.