Then build out more infrastructure, for Gods sake. Take the Texas grid for instance. It's held together with duct tape and spit. Just the wind blowing the wrong way and suddenly half the state's without electricity.

The answer is to use public spending, because the power companies want artificially low supply, since that means they make more money.

Of course you also need to install new infrastructure to let consumers also offset the grid, but again: artificially low supply.

It's basically a rigged market at the behest of the power companies. You could innovate, but there's less money in that in the long run - so you won't.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 days ago

1000% I get to see some of the budgets for projects we are involved in and they are pathetic (IMO) given the importance of what we do.