Airstrip One News on Nostr: Because of the particular nature of unreliabls as a source of electricity generation, ...

Because of the particular nature of unreliabls as a source of electricity generation, they are "intermittent”.

0.88% increase in unreliables requires a 1% increase in the share of fast-reacting gas turbines that use twice the gas as the ones they replace

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/08/11/turns-out-wind-and-solar-have-a-secret-friend-natural-gas/