People forget in their addiction to randomly shouting at shit, that this is the first time a government anywhere in the world has tried to deal with the modern technology sector comprehensively in policy - at least outside of authoritarian systems where you'll do as they say or get re-educated.

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His actual comment about batteries and firming requirements I take to mean that they find it too expensive or cumbersome to get to 100% on variable renewables and batteries. Which I get, unfortunately. I wonder if his "role to play" is like last 10%, or like 40%.

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Just build solar and batteries remains underrated lol sorry

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I totally agree with your inclination toward combining simple (hence explainable and auditable) models with careful uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis.

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Energy modeling is storytelling, not science. Too many modelers think that if you give them enough money, coffee, graduate students, and time that they can predict the future with accuracy. They can’t, and they should focus instead on creating useful scenarios.

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