Episode 79: The Intermittency Argument Is Falling Apart

For years, critics of renewable energy have relied on one core argument: “What happens when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing?” In this episode, Russ breaks down why that argument is rapidly becoming outdated. Battery costs have collapsed nearly 90% over the last decade, utility-scale storage deployment is accelerating across the U.S., and clean energy paired with storage is now competing directly with traditional fossil fuel generation on cost. Russ explains: Why battery storage is scaling so quickly How the economics of energy are changing Why solar + storage is reshaping the grid What critics still get wrong about intermittency And why the future grid is being designed around energy management and storage—not just real-time generation This isn’t theory anymore. It’s already happening. Sources discussed include BloombergNEF, Lazard, and the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).