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| California Gov. Gavin Newsom: Time to ‘Sober Up' About Green Energy's Flaws | |
| 2020-08-19 | |
| FAILURE [Breitbart] California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that the state had to "sober up" about the fact that renewable energy sources had failed to provide enough power for the state at peak demand, and needed "backup" and "insurance" from other sources.
There is currently high demand for electricity across the state, as the entire West Coast has been hit by a heat wave and record-breaking temperatures. One reason the state lacked power, officials admitted, was its over-reliance on "renewables" — i.e. wind and solar power. There was not enough wind to keep turbines going, Newsom said, and cloud cover and nightfall restricted solar power. What? You mean solar plants don't work at night? And wind turbines don't work without wind? Who knew? "While we’ve had some peak gust winds," he explained, "wind gust events across the state have been relatively mild." That was good for fighting fires, he said, but bad for the "renewable portfolio" in the state’s energy infrastructure. In addition, high demand for electricity in the evening hours, coupled with less input from solar plants, created strain. On Friday, Newsom said, the state had fallen about 1,000 megawatts short; on Saturday, it fell 450 megawatts short. Sunday saw only "modest or minor" interruptions. But on Monday, he said, the state would be 4,400 megawatts short of "where we believe we need to be." "This next few days, we are anticipating being challenged," Newsom said, as the heat wave was predicted to last through Wednesday. "We failed to predict and plan these shortages," Newsom admitted boldly, "and that’s simply unacceptable." He said he took responsibility for the crisis, and for addressing it immediately, so that "we never come back into this position again." Newsom said the state would try to address shortfalls through conservation, and through procuring new sources of energy. Though the state would continue its "transition" to 100% renewable energy, Newsom said, "we cannot sacrifice reliability as we move forward in this transition." Newsom asked the public to help manage the current crisis by conserving energy. Air conditioning, he said, should be set to 78º from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., for example, and children should be reminded to turn lights off in rooms as they left. I gotta tell you, folks, Mrs. Uluque is a southern California girl who is accustomed to 70 degrees. When the temperature gets too far above or below that, she freaks out and I'm the one who suffers for it. Seventy-eight degrees is way in the heck too hot for this girl. Well, she doesn't like Newsom anyway. | |
| Posted by:Abu Uluque |
| #18 an apt phrase from Cali's drunken frat boy in chief |
| Posted by: Chunky Squank7214 2020-08-19 18:05 |
| #17 DI water can be dangerous. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-19 15:40 |
| #16 Good for watering those...sensitive indoor plants also. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-08-19 15:24 |
| #15 I run two small de humidifiers at far ends of the house. They take load off the AC plant, my electric bill proves it. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-19 15:15 |
| #14 AC is about drying the air. If it's dry enough to make the sweat on you evaporate it's dry enough. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-19 15:11 |
| #13 We have hot summers every year in SC, and nothing like this ever happens to us. Wonder why that could be? |
| Posted by: Tom 2020-08-19 12:52 |
| #12 I live in Texas. Come tell us to set at 78 and I'll enjoy your act of self-darwinism. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2020-08-19 11:06 |
| #11 Had to turn on the hearth-stove this morning in NH to take the chill off. 53 was a trifle cool with the windows all open. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2020-08-19 10:29 |
| #10 My Dad lived on a north facing hillside off 94/Campo Road near Jamul. He never had AC, he just adjusted the window openings depending on the time of day and let the constant breeze do it's thing. And the house was a light color, pretty well insulated and had a clay tile roof. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2020-08-19 09:17 |
| #9 It's not that California needs to sober up, liberals need to sober up. Conservatives have been pointing this out for years as they dismantled nuclear plants and blocked the building of dams. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2020-08-19 08:46 |
| #8 And I believe CALPERS, by law, had to invest x-amount in "green" companies. And how about "sobering up" as to the reasons people (read: the one who pay taxes) are fleeing California. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-08-19 06:46 |
| #7 Have not had a 100 degree day since I moved here. Was good for 3-4 +100 days back in PeeAye every summer. Have a friend in Mississippi who says they clock 100 degrees 8-10 days each summer. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-19 06:30 |
| #6 Been right around 90 with near 100% humidity on the Space Coast this summer. Coming in to 78 degrees after mowing the lawn feels just about right. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-19 06:27 |
| #5 East County SD here as well, crazyhorse, and if you step outside for a minute or two, 78 feels cool |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-08-19 06:09 |
| #4 The Cali mindset: We'll take the upside, dude, you get the rest. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-19 04:42 |
| #3 We been at 82 degrees on the stat and comfortable due to upgrades I made to insulation years ago.. East County San Diego |
| Posted by: crazyhorse 2020-08-19 01:36 |
| #2 Newsom should be arrested for Governing Under the Influence. Air conditioning, he said, should be set to 78º No problem. Go to work in swim trunks and flip-flops. A beer coozy hat for formal occasions. |
| Posted by: Woozle Grundy1232 2020-08-19 01:33 |
| #1 Air conditioning, he said, should be set to 78º from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., for example, Because 78° is so much more tolerable after 3pm as compared to other times of the day. This is a squirrel. The real problem is voters and politicians alike don't understand how these energy systems work, and those who do are muted. Gee, I wonder why. |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-08-19 01:23 |