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California Globe - California's Electric Grid Is Near Collapse |
2020-08-23 |
[California Globe] California is rich in natural resources which once powered the state: natural gas deposits in the Monterey Shale formation; geothermal energy, abundant rivers and waterways such as the San Joaquin River Delta and hydroelectric dams; the Pacific coastline; 85 million acres of wildlands with 17 million of those used as commercial timberland; mines and mineral resources, vast farming and agricultural lands, and hunting and fishing. But California politicians and appointed agency officials, under pressure from radical environmental organizations and lobbyists, decided to ignore the energy producing natural resources, and instead move to an all-electric grid, and the only approved “renewable energy:” solar and wind energy. A meteorologist friend, Anthony Watts, said Tuesday, “we are on the cusp of a massive failure of the electricity grid in California.” Anthony Watts is a senior fellow for environment and climate at The Heartland Institute, and has been in the weather business both in front of, and behind the camera as an on-air television meteorologist since 1978, and currently does daily radio forecasts. Watts is also proprietor of the award-winning website, Watts Up With That? |
Posted by:Mullah Richard |
#15 Politically, culturally, socially we have created a world that we can't live without, but are unable to maintain. |
Posted by: Iblis 2020-08-23 21:01 |
#14 The disappointment of all the illegals crossing the border for nothing. |
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2020-08-23 20:34 |
#13 Is that where Grant's tomb is? |
Posted by: DooDahMan 2020-08-23 15:31 |
#12 Ever notice how places that go all in on green power end up with shortages and unreliable, expensive electricity? South Australia (which is in Australia) is a most excellent example. |
Posted by: SteveS 2020-08-23 14:36 |
#11 Popcorn. Heck, I want that nighttime picture of America with lots of California looking like North Korea, blacked out. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-08-23 14:35 |
#10 That is one line, "it's Trump's fault". |
Posted by: DooDahMan 2020-08-23 14:20 |
#9 Hopefully there will be enough electricity to make all the popcorn we're going to need when the liberals try to talk their way out of this one. |
Posted by: gorb 2020-08-23 14:08 |
#8 Califzuela Heh. Except Venezuela doesn't take illegals. |
Posted by: gorb 2020-08-23 14:04 |
#7 cooling trend in Calif beginning about 30 Aug will likely help the grid a lot unfortunately, Calif in Sept frequently has days with strong Santa Ana conditions - that should also stress the system when Diablo Canyon Nuke plant goes off line things get way more serious as that plant produces a bit less than 10% of total electricity in the state |
Posted by: lord garth 2020-08-23 12:34 |
#6 I hope Stretch Pelosi has generators to keep her ice cream safe from melting. |
Posted by: Clem 2020-08-23 11:59 |
#5 Califzuela has a certain cachet don’t you think? |
Posted by: NoMoreBS 2020-08-23 11:59 |
#4 ...Reality check, indeed. California is exactly one bad day away from a statewide blackout that won't just be over and done with in a few hours. Mike |
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2020-08-23 11:57 |
#3 The CA gov probably encourage generator use since they tax gasoline up the wazoo. |
Posted by: Cluck Speaking for Boskone7434 2020-08-23 11:12 |
#2 Generators which run on "green" resources, of course. I'm so happy for Kaliphornia. |
Posted by: Clem 2020-08-23 10:57 |
#1 Generator sales up. |
Posted by: crazyhorse 2020-08-23 10:48 |