alt Hacker NewsIt's also like to see a comparison to giving people/companies a discount if they have alternative methods of heating for 3 weeks and agree to be powered off. Places like hospitals and universities often have generators and do this. Sand "batteries" (aka electric resistive heaters in a few tons of sand heated to 1000°C) might be cost-effective if standardized. You keep it insulated and hot until the power goes out, then you let it bleed heat out to keep you from dying.
You’re ok if governments give up and simply tell consumers “you deal with it”?
Places like hospitals have back up in case the mains goes out. It’s no longer a back up if used as the primary supply.