I keep imagining a world where Solar is our primary source of electricity and I keep seeing that world lose its mind when a volcanic ejection leaves us powerless.
I get that it should be part of a much larger plan, but Solar in its current iteration doesn't seem like that safe of a bet.
Nuclear is the safe bet. However, in your block out the sun scenario, we will have lots and lots of problems beside just power generation. Such as crops.
I keep imagining a world where people eat food from agriculture, and I keep seeing that the world lose its mind when a volcanic ejection / tsunami / fire / mudslide / drought leaves us foodless.
Come on man. There's more to it. There are real challenges and a volcanic ejection certainly is one of them, it's just not anywhere up the list.
I get that it should be part of a much larger plan, but Solar in its current iteration doesn't seem like that safe of a bet.