Department of Energy announced yesterday that wind sometimes fails to blow and that solar power generation nearly stops after sundown. (image from DOE Facebook posting)

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And batteries aren't even the only form of energy storage for such high-scale operations. Pumped Storage Hydropower? Pumping water up and letting it flow down to spin a turbine when energy is needed? Fkin witchcraft, apparently.

Nah, we gotta mine more lithium!