I recently drove through the northern part of Texas on my way to Phoenix. I’ve seen wind farms all over the nation, but NOTHING like the sheer quantity I saw in Texas. Looks like they’ve invested a lot of money - and real estate - in this, and it’s not paying off.
Perhaps a couple of nuclear plants are in order...
You can blame T. Boone Pickens for that.
The department of no energy has been sabotaging nuclear power for forty years and shows no sign of letting up.
As a civilization, western society has painted itself into a corner.