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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1452949)	4/19/2024 6:58:04 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577102

Wharfie, I love this quote: The world's fifth-largest economy now regularly generates more renewable energy than it needs. That means we don't "need" as much renewable energy as we once thought we did. Gas in California right now is $5.43/gallon, compared with the average in America of $3.67. This alone should drive the demand for renewable energy here in the Golden State. And yet, supply is exceeding demand and has been for two days in a row. (Either that, or Mark Jacobson is full of it.) Tenchusatsu

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1452949)	4/20/2024 11:10:13 AM
From: Eric	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577102

This is exciting, but we need a lot more before we ditch NG Yep, The first to go are the NG peakers. They only typically fire up near system demand peaks when no other generation is available. They skim the cream off the peak demand charges sometimes many thousands of $$ per MHw. Those days are dying fast with battery storage. NG peakers have become obsolete. Hornsdale in Australia (Tesla's Powerpack storage system first installed in 2017) en.wikipedia.org has paid for itself many times over and will continue to make more $$ into the future. It's no wonder that all fossil fueled generation is rapidly becoming obsolete. Being priced out of business. Tesla Powerwall owners in California are making a lot of money at their houses now. Clean RE reinjected into the grid. Technology marches on...