Two quick reads that lead to a deep Rabbit hole-
A 2021 paper published in Nature agrees consumers should be concerned about the reliability and costs of renewable energy. Researchers found that net-zero emissions requirements that rely heavily on green energy will create “spatial and temporal mismatches between resource availability and electricity demand,” challenging system reliability. Using 39 years of computer-generated wind and solar data from “42 major countries,” the study shows that a move to green energy is based on “unrealistic assumptions and ignores important costs associated with renewable energy developments.” The Nature study shows some countries could be without power 9 percent of the time and others as much as 28 percent of the time. The facts are that “the sun doesn’t always shine, and the wind doesn’t always blow.”