Here is the question: what happens when renewables are acknowledged as the superior technology for electric power generation? Basically, we see a process of displacement (one commodity producer, renewables, displacing another, fossil fuels), and that leads us to the issue of minimum viable scale in connection with this postulated energy transition. Basically, minimum viable scale means the minimum throughput needed to keep the system running and economically viable. Imagine a toll road that charges fees to all vehicles to pay…