Germany Breaks Record: 85% of Energy Comes From Renewables Last Weekend

[kristopher]

5. That isn't putting the ""record" into context"

It's an attempt to distract from a data point on a trend line. Why? Are you that threatened by good news on progress in our decarbonization effort?

I can't count the number of times the long-known-to-be-false claim has been made that there is an upper limit on how much variable energy the grid can accept. Well, we now know that Germany's system can successfully operate at 85% variable renewables for a period of time worth noting. They still have a way to go, but I think the adoption curve is arcing upwards ever more steeply.
It's act of evolutionary transition that isn't going to be reversed or stopped. It might be tamped down just a bit by the losers blocking the door as they leave the field; but mankind has fundamentally changed, in a very positive manner, the way we exist.