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There's also the whole "corona theater" element, with people pretending that they don't want to come in because they'll die or whatever, which might have made sense for a month or two in March last year but now is just a sign that you're dealing with someone who is either deliberately lying or just has no understanding of the situation.

"Sure, I went to a packed restaurant with friends this weekend but I feel uncomfortable coming into the office."

Grid scale electrical storage technology is not even developed, let alone remotely cost competitive, but it is a prerequisite for actually realizing any of the benefits of wind and solar.

We're at least a generation (~25 years) too early and unfortunately the least fortunate among us will bear the cost of our delusions.

The demand for gas is increasing because the wind isn't blowing as much as they thought it would. You still need the entire fossil generation system as a backup for renewables for when the sun doesn't shine and wind doesn't blow. Until there is grid scale electrical energy storage, renewables simply increase the cost of the whole system.