[craftkiller]

> the capacity to keep the grid online in the event of a world war

If I'm learning anything from Russia, its that fossil fuel plants are hella vulnerable in a war. Solar would be much safer.

Fossil Fuel Plant: Knock out the right machine or building and you knock out the plant. The plant is literally storing explosives. The plant must be resupplied which leaves supply trucks/boats/pipelines vulnerable.

Solar: Distributed over a large area. Made of many independent complete power-generating devices so if you knock out 5% of them, all you've accomplished is reducing power output by 5%. Does not need a constant flow of supplies.