[MtnClimber]

Instead of Tesla investing its own money to develop these feats of engineering...

"Here, the plan is transparently to get the government to put up all the money and for Tesla to harvest the subsidies."

[Brian Griffin]

I believe New York State assumes it can use Canadian hydropower to make itself look CO2 ‘green’.

The Canadians might choose to not export that hydropower in order to make themselves look CO2 ‘green’. That will cause New York State to have massive energy shortages.

[Brian Griffin]

This is a government wind speed map:
https://graphical.weather.gov/sectors/conus.php?element=WindSpd

It can also be looped (with the “Forecast Element” “Wind Speed & Direction”):
https://graphical.weather.gov/sectors/conusLoop.php#tabs

[RedMonqey]

Generation is only part of the problem.

Storage is the biggest bottleneck.
Even in places that are renown for it’s sunny days, there will be no generation during the nighttime hours.

Until storage is solved, all else is a fantasy.