[TexasGator]

“That’s fine for an emergency, but not viable on a regular basis (e.g. every time the wind dies).”

You are being silly. Our grid will never be solely dependent on wind power and the wind will never suddenly die everywhere.

[palmer]

Of course the wind dies suddenly and can die everywhere. Whether it is predictable enough to efficiently use gas to replace it is an open question. Gas will be about 35% running as demand response, and 55% or more used for constant baseload.

If you are implying the "won't die everywhere" means the current grid can meet the demand you are wrong, and the current grid will never do that, other than the case of wind exporting areas with lines built to constantly export the power.

Suffice to say you are going to use your truck battery for emergencies only because utilities will turn on fossil when the wind dies.