Ok Craig,

This is your chance to show why you are right and the rest of the engineering community is wrong.

http://www.aemc.gov.au/getattachment/5615bb69-f5b5-4afe-bc49-6c1a7ea89727/Net-system-load-profile-2012.aspx

Here is a typical scenario,
Given the load profiles given in the above link, the load demand is at peak between 5pm and 8pm, and given that there is little to no solar generation, how will the peak demand be met if there is little to no wind as occurred in SA in July?

You're not real good at reading for comprehension, are you SM?

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=18569#330712

and from this thread:

"baseload is a concept that only exists because of the need to keep generators spinning, which is not the case for renewables.

In other words, it will die even more rapidly than coal power with the rise of renewables and with the change to more efficient lighting and industrial technologies."

Do try to keep up.

Craig,

What an ideological pile of crap. So you plan to load shed everyone at dinner time because your renewable supply is not available.

You really are a joke. Dinner time is peak demand because people need power to prepare food, shower etc. Efficiency can reduce power demand, by maybe 25% not 99%.

God save us from well meaning idiots.

Nobody said anything about load shedding old fella, that's your idea.

You're not very good at this whole thinking about things, are you?

Craig,

You still haven't managed to find a solution for meeting peak demand when there is no wind or solar.

You little theory has fallen into a heap.

Well, of course, you must be right SM. After all, you said so...