Wind droughts would have been the most important discovery in the 20th Century but the discovery came too late to avert the rush to wind and solar power.
Nobody who knew about wind droughts would have tried to replace cheap and reliable conventional power with intermittent inputs to the grid.
This suicidal detour from the main road of power generation has cost trillions of dollars globally and delivered more expensive and less reliable electricity with massive collateral damage to the planet.
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