We can have a very different outcome with the right policies. Instead of natural gas peaker plants raking in more than 90% of the pricing, that money can go to people directly -- who can supply power from solar panels on their roofs and from their car batteries connected to the grid (V2G). A powerwall is a small battery (13.5 KWH), car batteries are 100KWH, with 250+ mile range. Only 1% of trips are over 70 miles, for 99% of the trips the battery is a LOT more than required. Just carving out a small portion of car battery to supply power back to the grid can net a lot of money (no need to install powerwalls): https://electrek.co/2023/07/05/tesla-electric-customers-repo...
So far, folks have only been doing rooftop solar, but vertical solar is just as efficient, if not more. If we break the utility monopolies, people will put in vertical panels (fences, walls facing west, etc) and supply solar power during peak demand until sunset.
So far, folks have only been doing rooftop solar, but vertical solar is just as efficient, if not more. If we break the utility monopolies, people will put in vertical panels (fences, walls facing west, etc) and supply solar power during peak demand until sunset.