Someone’s Been Sniffing Paint Chips

Writer’s Note: I am not currently under the influence of anything except too little sleep and overload from 8 classes (the last pot smoked was 25 years ago!). The following post will be written as if a very stoned Yoda was answering your questions. My last post depressed the hell out of you, so this is my attempt to provide a contrasting experience.

1. Mmmmmm, interview interesting, this was. Structure to answer, very difficult.
   1. Lights go out more often you say? Problem this is. Mmmmm. Very large problem. Tee hee hee.
      1. Truthful, this statement is. Look to google, you must.
         https://blog.schneider-electric.com/power-management-metering-monitoring-power-quality/2017/03/24/power-outages-impact-averted/
      2. 285% percent increase we have. Failures to the system occur. 33 years the time it examines. $15 billion dollars it costs. Hmmmm, the dark side is strong in this country. Stronger than other developed nations, it is.
      3. Search your feelings, Dan. Numbers cannot lie. Mathematics is your friend.
      4. Although French this company is, Schneider Electric is also your friend. No benefit does Schneider have to lie. Good source you find.
   2. Boring lady say free electricity? Dagobah have, we should! X-wing fighter require much power it does. Lower bill, Yoda want.
      1. Also true, this statement is. Powerful in truth Gretchen has. Appealing name, alas, she does not.  (Seriously, Gretchen Bakke is a truly unfortunate name).
      2. https://www.txu.com/residential/plans/free-nights-solar-days.aspx the proof you seek.
      3. TXU Energy offers plan, they do. Customer service, alas, they do not. The dark side is strong with this company. Be careful, we must. I sense great bait and switch tactics ahead. Mmmm.
      4. Accurate this information is! Enrolled in Free Nights & Solar Days 12, Derek has!
2. Bakke mentions that battery storage will be a very important aspect of making the grid reliable and mentions a few possible methods – vehicle to grid, molten salt, Sisyphus train, Tesla’s power wall, pumped storage hydro, salt domes. Pick one of these sources and briefly:
   1. 1. A salt dome you say? Wise is your choice. Impermeable to air, salt dome is. React with oxygen, salt does not. Underground Tupperware®, I think this is.
      2. Creation of brine, salt dome can. Leaching into water, it could. Many people fear. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. Salt in water difficult to use. Sustainable, I think not.
      3. Collapse, salt dome can. Sinkhole it creates. Dangerous a sinkhole is. Know when the collapse, we cannot. Not knowing leads to fear. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

Toward the end of the interview, Bakke mentions that “there’s not a shortage problem” when it comes to renewables. In other words, there is more than enough renewable energy available, but the storage and other issues are preventing 100% renewables from becoming a reality.

https://www.ucsusa.org/clean-energy/how-energy-storage-works#.W7aWk2hKhhE

Adventure. Excitement. The Union of Concerned Scientists craves not these things. Since 1969 this organization seeks truth it has.

Storing the power currently (ha ha ha, pun intended) the problem is. Many technologies possess we do. Problem be solved, indeed, it can!

An unconcerned scientist, reliable he’s not. Search within the title, the truth awaits you. 

https://www.popsci.com/the-world-can-power-itself-with-renewable-energy

Respected magazine, Popular Science is. Read as youth, Derek has. Happy childhood have, he did not. Yes, nerd, he may have been. Nerd, he continues to be. Strange nerd that can destroy you on rugby pitch, he is. Tee hee hee.

https://developmenteducation.ie/feature/the-energy-debate-renewable-energy-cannot-replace-fossil-fuels/

Valid points this article has. Truth cannot be what we desire, but solely what is. Difficult is the path to completely renewable energy consumption. Troubling times for this galaxy, I see. Single malt scotch, I must have.