Yep, the unreliability is exactly why buying from 100% green energy providers is more expensive than buying from natural gas providers. Batteries are extremely expensive, natural gas is cheap.
Source: Several of my friends live in states with energy provider choice; the green providers cost more.
Batteries plus solar is still cheaper than all other power systems.
Several of my friends live in states with energy provider choice. Buying from the 100% green power providers is more expensive. Natural gas is extremely cheap after all.
But solar is unreliable. Night day, snow cover, dust cover. It also has to be local and supplemented by other sources
Energy production being local is a benefit.
Just like the fediverse being unaffected by some servers going down. Deliberately or accidentally, doesn’t matter, the rest will keep up.
Smaller production is also easier to scale up. You can erect a solar farm in a month or shorter, while a nuclear power plant takes a decade to build.
Yep, the unreliability is exactly why buying from 100% green energy providers is more expensive than buying from natural gas providers. Batteries are extremely expensive, natural gas is cheap.
Source: Several of my friends live in states with energy provider choice; the green providers cost more.
Why do you think solar has to be local?
Batteries.
Batteries plus solar is still cheaper than all other power systems. It’s remarkable but true.
Several of my friends live in states with energy provider choice. Buying from the 100% green power providers is more expensive. Natural gas is extremely cheap after all.