Scott Tinker

The sun sets at night and it's cloudy sometimes and sometimes it's cloudy for a long time. The Germans have a word for it, Dunkelflotte. Sometimes it hails, too. And sometimes the wind, you know, quits blowing. So... When that happens in the modern world anyway, the developed world, we like our electricity 24 seven. We want it on. And when it's not on, systems fail, big systems.

So there's a great experiment going on right now as we've put more intermittent energy, but it's led by solar and wind onto grids. And how much can you push that? Because what has to happen when you increase the percentage of intermittent energy on an electric grid is when the, because we consume electrons in real time, right? You generate them, you use them.

So there's a great experiment going on right now as we've put more intermittent energy, but it's led by solar and wind onto grids. And how much can you push that? Because what has to happen when you increase the percentage of intermittent energy on an electric grid is when the, because we consume electrons in real time, right? You generate them, you use them.

So there's a great experiment going on right now as we've put more intermittent energy, but it's led by solar and wind onto grids. And how much can you push that? Because what has to happen when you increase the percentage of intermittent energy on an electric grid is when the, because we consume electrons in real time, right? You generate them, you use them.

When that sun or wind go away, something has to be there immediately, right then in real time to back that up, to make it continue to work. And it's brutal managing a grid that has things coming and going.

When that sun or wind go away, something has to be there immediately, right then in real time to back that up, to make it continue to work. And it's brutal managing a grid that has things coming and going.

When that sun or wind go away, something has to be there immediately, right then in real time to back that up, to make it continue to work. And it's brutal managing a grid that has things coming and going.

Stable inputs, 60 hertz, you know, bring it to us.

Stable inputs, 60 hertz, you know, bring it to us.

Stable inputs, 60 hertz, you know, bring it to us.

Just like, you know, you could fry a blow dryer in your home, you can fry bigger things on a grid if you get big grid fluctuations.

Just like, you know, you could fry a blow dryer in your home, you can fry bigger things on a grid if you get big grid fluctuations.

Just like, you know, you could fry a blow dryer in your home, you can fry bigger things on a grid if you get big grid fluctuations.

Right. And let's come back... because it's such a big component of my work and life's passion too. Let's come back to those who don't have much or any in transitioning. So we're kind of starting with the rich world. We're starting here with a modern world, right? The developed world. We have a grid and it's a complicated beast. Grids are not simple. They have multiple different inputs.

Right. And let's come back... because it's such a big component of my work and life's passion too. Let's come back to those who don't have much or any in transitioning. So we're kind of starting with the rich world. We're starting here with a modern world, right? The developed world. We have a grid and it's a complicated beast. Grids are not simple. They have multiple different inputs.

Right. And let's come back... because it's such a big component of my work and life's passion too. Let's come back to those who don't have much or any in transitioning. So we're kind of starting with the rich world. We're starting here with a modern world, right? The developed world. We have a grid and it's a complicated beast. Grids are not simple. They have multiple different inputs.

Transmitting across, stepping up to big voltages, transmitting across multiple different wire systems. Think of interstate freeways stepping down to state highways, stepping down to county roads, stepping down to the little driveway that goes to your house. Well, that's what your wires do. So you're having to take...

Transmitting across, stepping up to big voltages, transmitting across multiple different wire systems. Think of interstate freeways stepping down to state highways, stepping down to county roads, stepping down to the little driveway that goes to your house. Well, that's what your wires do. So you're having to take...

Transmitting across, stepping up to big voltages, transmitting across multiple different wire systems. Think of interstate freeways stepping down to state highways, stepping down to county roads, stepping down to the little driveway that goes to your house. Well, that's what your wires do. So you're having to take...

Big voltages coming out of power plants and step them down ever more to little homes and industries and businesses.