Yes, but have you considered that using renewables means you're gay? Checkmate liberals.

Probably true in every market that is not the US, with extreme tariffs and EOs banning solar technology.

This is true when comparing to peaker gas/coal plants which are less efficient than more expensive Combine Cycle plants, though both can still run 24/7. The myth of baseload as a requirement ignores that "outside of heating or extreme summer night heat" night demand is half of day/evening demand.

Batteries are now extremely cheap as well, and certainly the combo compared to Combined Cycle is cheaper for better baseload coverage because combined cycle/baseload must overprovide daily needs by meeting peak demand, while solar+batteries can better cover full day needs.

The absolute clincher though is price certainty for 30 years. Free from extortion or geopolitical oppression/chaos of fuel supply chains. Global warming has direct costs to property values, insurance costs, and food scarcity. US policy has moved to create global fuel scarcity for increased dependence on US, as well.

We could use the excess power to bank carbon, then if we need more power we can burn that same carbon.

BuT wHaTaBoUt WhEn ItS cLoUdY!!

Get ready for "Economic rationalists" having a meltdown in 5.. 4.. 3...

Yeah but you have to pay for the sunshine every year that you use to power the panels. And you have to build pipelines to transport that sunshine from the faraway places where it's developed, and sometimes you have to liquefy it a load it onto gigantic tanker ships and carry it overseas, and there's always a risk of it exploding and...oh, wait. I'm thinking of the gas. Never mind.

But what happens after that up front cost?? With the current price of a barrel of sun, can we really afford to limit fossil fuels?

The propagandized will continue parroting their fossil fuel talking points and will continue to vote for the politicians that collect fossil fuel money.