Critics of renewable energy fail to understand that the huge drop in battery costs mean that solar plus storage can now economically generate 60%-97% of electricity demand in most places.

24/7 solar is even here at world's largest microgrid! @Atomicrod https://t.co/ahYshCbqSF

— John Raymond Hanger  (@johnrhanger) August 18, 2025

I do think a lot of people simply don’t realize how much has changed, and how quickly.

What wasn’t even close to penciling out economically a decade ago is now a no-brainer. People don’t update very frequently.