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2022-09-07 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Governor Gavin Newsom urges Californians to limit power consumption as 525,000 customers are told to prepare for potential rotating outages - and EV owners told to wait until AFTER 9PM to charge their cars
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Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-07 07:05|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ]  Top

#1 And yet they are the great, shining model of American society.
Posted by Secret Master  2022-09-07 11:48||   2022-09-07 11:48|| Front Page Top

#2 That's what happens when you double a state's population but add nothing to the infrastructure.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-09-07 12:23||   2022-09-07 12:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Ice, ice baby! Animal lover teams up with rescue organizations to deliver ice blocks and industrial fans to California shelters in bid to provide much needed relief to abandoned dogs amid brutal heatwave energy policy.

Are we really back to the Ice House?
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-07 12:25||   2022-09-07 12:25|| Front Page Top

#4 If battery operated sex toys are impacted, California society will begin to crumble.
Posted by Super Hose 2022-09-07 12:30||   2022-09-07 12:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe that's why they are trying to get rooms in your house to be available for GRQOMER+?
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-07 12:55||   2022-09-07 12:55|| Front Page Top

#6 The 'Spice Power Must Flow!' to the rich Zip Codes. Always.
Posted by magpie 2022-09-07 15:27||   2022-09-07 15:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Sounds to me like every element of the movie industry should be shuttered until living conditions are safe.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-07 15:31||   2022-09-07 15:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Want to conserve a lot of power? Shut down all the streaming services. Yes, I know that's biting the hand that feeds the LSDs, but it would actually get results. Contrary all the propaganda that is spewed out, those datacenters are not running on wind power.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-09-07 15:33||   2022-09-07 15:33|| Front Page Top

#9 Charging your EV is simple. Just buy a gas- or diesel-powered generator and plug it in. 25KW should do it.
Posted by Fred 2022-09-07 15:53||   2022-09-07 15:53|| Front Page Top

#10 Fred, I call that an aftermarket hybrid.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2022-09-07 16:21||   2022-09-07 16:21|| Front Page Top

#11 Whoa, I thought it was illegal in California to even mention generators, outdoor grilling, or Whataburger?
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-07 16:36||   2022-09-07 16:36|| Front Page Top

#12 If you put the generator in the trunk of the EV, you can have continuous portable charging.
Plus, you get the benefits of both electric power (insane torque) and gas power (high energy-density fuel).
Posted by SteveS 2022-09-07 16:56||   2022-09-07 16:56|| Front Page Top

#13 The possibilities really are endless.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-09-07 16:58||   2022-09-07 16:58|| Front Page Top

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