Waryle , 25 days ago

They just need to be scaled up at this point.

"We totally can go to Mars, we have engines, they just need to be scaled up at this point"

Scaling up is almost the entirety of the problem that needs to be solved, you can't just brush it aside like this.

Check my comment that shows the scale of the problem

No traditional power plant can match demand exactly, and large amounts of power are wasted as a result

Absolutely false. Power consumption is very stable and previsible, plants can react in minutes, and the surproduction is small enough to be stored or exported.

The French electricity system operator, RTE, provides all the information on this subject:

Real-time consumption and production by region

Real-time forecasting and consumption