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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trekrok" data-source="post: 3526314" data-attributes="member: 6668"><p>I don't understand how wind and solar can ever be truly economic when they must always be redundant. The wind doesn't always blow and sun doesn't always shine. So there must be another power generation method to cover those renewables when they go offline, right? Maybe those natural gas plants save some fuel while turbines are spinning. But they've sure got to be staffed and running anyway, yes? And maintenance costs may actually be higher for them, since I'm pretty sure they don't just flip a switch on and off on utility power plants. I don't know, I'm talking out my a$$, so maybe someone can educate me on how I'm wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>