https://www.zerohedge.com/political/59-million-americans-prohibited-buying-high-end-dell-gaming-pcs

[Steve Litt]

Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss said on Tue, 27 Jul 2021 21:22:33 -0700

>It is also interesting that those very same states that push EV’s also
>have not upgraded their power systems in quite some time. California
>is the leader on this list of shame with rolling blackouts and
>brownouts each summer. 

I think this is unfair to California. Much of California is the hottest
in the US. Greenhouse gasses are created by everyone, but California
can least afford to gain a degree. California is also the most
populous state in the nation. So in spite of EV's and all their other
moves to limit environmental damage, they can't reduce the heat that
radiates or blows into California, so they can't keep all their
citizens' houses below 85 Fahrenheit. Hence the rolling blackouts.

> They also want to put up more windmills, off
>shore! Talk about throwing good money after bad and causing those of
>us with computers that are capable of running linux no end of trouble.

I'm not sure how windmills cause havoc with Linux. I thought that was
done by Microsoft. 

California could sure use more fission reactors, but in a place where
7+ earthquakes are frequent, doing so is just too likely to cause
another Chernobyl. Plus, anything near the coast is likely to go
Fukushima with a tsunami. They don't have a river capable of generating
huge power from its current. They can't import from surrounding states,
and back in the day, when they imported from Texas, the Texan power
companies stiffed California's power grid in order to make a bigger
profit.

So, other than solar, wind and conservation, I don't see what other
options California has.

SteveT

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