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That doesn't work very well for the Western North America. After sunset there is nowhere to obtain much solar or wind power. We're not going to build a transmission cable to Hawaii.


the wind doesn't stop blowing after sunset, and grid-scale batteries are a thing


The wind slows down a lot after sunset in most of North America. Grid scale batteries aren't really a thing yet. Someday maybe, but it's going to take many years to provision enough to handle the nighttime base load on the west coast.


You've got that backwards. The wind is stronger at night in most of North America.

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