So you would propose replacing carbon free dispatchable baseload power with non-dispatchable intermittent renewables??

I think Germany tried that and the result has been increased coal consumption.

http://energypost.eu/german-conundrum-renewables-break-records-coal-refuses-go-away/

"With coal-fuelled power plants still resisting retirement, greenhouse gas emissions in Germany actually grew last year; when the cooler weather is taken into account they stagnated at best (see chart 2). Germany is now on a trajectory to miss its climate targets by a wide margin. In view of the financial and political capital which has gone into the energy transition, the so-called Energiewende, this is bad news for German politicians."