Power surge: law changes could soon bring balcony solar to millions across US

[hunter]

20. It has happened before and it will again.

Keeping an electric grid stable is a balancing act made more difficult when everyone is doing their own thing. That's just the physics of these complex systems. Even in the past, when grids were powered exclusively by huge power plants there would be system wide blackouts. Intermittent and varying inputs of solar and wind power do not improve the stability of any electric grid.

But nobody wants to face the larger horror. A world economy powered entirely by "renewable" energy cannot support 8 billion plus human beings.

It's easier to pretend renewable energy will somehow, miraculously, save the world.

If you don't like your electric company you can go out right now and turn off your main breaker. Or even easier, stop paying the bill. If you have a smart meter they'll disconnect you remotely. ( I remember back in the twentieth century when my wife and I were poor, that they'd actually have to send someone out to turn off your electricity, which would usually buy you a few more days.)

Or maybe I'm missing your sarcasm? There are engineers who build bridges that fall down, airplanes that crash, cars that catch on fire...

Anyways, I bet you'd like this guy:

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/about/

I like him too. If the site is not available, that's because it runs on solar power and the batteries are empty, waiting for the sun to shine again.

My internet runs on solar too, but only when the sun is shining. I hate batteries.