Reply #3: I have nothing against curves.

[NNadir]

Curves with a modicum of mathematical knowledge are important tools.

What I have something against is misleading units and misrepresentations of what they mean.

First off, power is not energy. A mega"watt" is really misleading if the "plant" operates 20% of the time.

Secondly you cannot shut off a coal plant to replace it with wind unless you are willing to <em>waste</em> vast amounts of energy, the energy that is lost heating the coal plant back to boiling after it cools. Coal plants are <em>continuous</em> energy.

I <em>am</em> going to throw up if I see one of these silly curves, but not because I have something against curves.

Denmark has no plan to phase out fossil fuels, by the way.