The cause needs to be investigated and appropriate measures put in place. Renewables however can't be the only answer - storage is key too.
Wide scale blackouts aren't exactly unknown, no matter what the generation.
And while you and I may agree, sadly the people who need convincing are those who listen and vote for the parties who say "it doesn't matter what we do here when China builds more coal power plants a week than we've ever had".
When they say "the reason you were without power is solar", and the opposition say "doesn't matter, you can't have gas", they aren't going to vote for the opposition.
Wide scale blackouts aren't exactly unknown, no matter what the generation.
And while you and I may agree, sadly the people who need convincing are those who listen and vote for the parties who say "it doesn't matter what we do here when China builds more coal power plants a week than we've ever had".
When they say "the reason you were without power is solar", and the opposition say "doesn't matter, you can't have gas", they aren't going to vote for the opposition.