I know enough to understand that your suggestion that they run at a fixed rate over 24 hours, 7 days a week BS.
I know that there’s no renewable system that is practical in producing baseload power without relying upon gas/coal systems to fill the enormous gaps left by today’s technologies in solar/wind.
I know that the cost’s associated with trying to incorporate renewable’s into our existing systems is only raising the price of electricity, I haven’t seen any lowering of power bills.
PS Do you want me to google a picture that explains how coal fired plants work for a grade 2 kid, would that help you?