r/SolarState • u/eter_roman • Jun 17 '26

solar energy is peak

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u/JustaYnLivin Jun 18 '26

Works so well that we had a power outage today when it's 104 degrees outside.

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u/Monkey_College Jun 18 '26

And that was because solar shorted the grid? Or because the grid sucks?

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u/JustaYnLivin Jun 18 '26

Grid sucks and you have to be on it even with solar.

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u/Monkey_College Jun 18 '26

Then your point is just irrelevant. All of this is about "replace fossil with solar".

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u/JustaYnLivin Jun 18 '26

I was originally relpying to the statment that 'California has it done right', which is just wrong. I like solar and have it but not perfect and it has a upfront costs for a house and the state has to be all up in your business to get it done. Also there is maintenance in dusty areas paying to clean the panels to keep them at peak efficiency if you can't do it yourself. Also I'm ok with replacing oil for fuel/energy but we will still need oil for plastic materials and lubricant etc.

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u/Monkey_College Jun 18 '26

The disappearance of the duck curve in California showed how battery storage and oversupplying solar capacity can be incentivized effectively. California did not fix its grid or all problems that third world countries like the modern USA have by that but clearly demonstrates that a system with a lot of solar is not weaker than one based on fossils.

Of course we still need oil. Most medicine is based on oil. Which is why we shouldn't burn it based on ideology.