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Californians out of electricity cant get gasoline to generators!
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soldar:

--- Quote from: tom66 on October 13, 2019, 10:09:15 am ---PG&E is owned by private entities, they've determined that fires could result from the HV cabling, and they don't want to be liable for that nonsense.
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One year the electrical transmission wires cause wildfires and the public is up in arms claiming the evil corporation put their homes and limbs and lives at risk and something should be done by someone!

The next year the utility company decides to play it safe and shut off power if there is any risk of the same thing happening again. And the public is up in arms complaining they can't watch TV.

You can't win for losing.

My conclusion is that the public are spoiled brats who believe they are owed everything in exchange for nothing. They don't want to pay more for their energy, but they want improvements to the infrastructure needed to deliver it reliably and safely.  And if they can't get the impossible it can only be because corporations are evil.
KaneTW:
Am I misremembering things or did the CO2 emission composition in studies change

A while back I was sure that passenger vehicles were a tiny contributor to greenhouse emissions, but current statistics show around 60% of all transport related emissions (so about 10% of all emissions) to be from light duty passenger transport.

Is my brain playing tricks or was it always this way?
NiHaoMike:

--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on October 13, 2019, 01:57:21 am ---If I lived there I'd have an off grid solar setup given how much sun there is.  It only makes sense.  That said it's way too hot so I would not want to live there in first place. :P

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If you think California is hot, you have never been to Texas during the summer.

--- Quote from: tom66 on October 13, 2019, 10:09:15 am ---You want to blame someone, blame everyone that drives a petrol car spewing emissions into the atmosphere, warming it and increasing the frequency of dry seasons which can trigger wildfires.

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They should have required all new cars to get at least 30 MPG highway like a decade ago, if not earlier.
Kleinstein:
California is quite large, so it depends on how hot it is. It ranges from very hot in the death valley and south to rather cold in the mountains and around San Francisco. For most people dry heat is relatively comfortable for living.

The normal grid tied solar installations do not work of grid for safety reasons. However with relatively frequent power outage in the US, I wonder if they could have systems that do allow operation as a backup. This would need some extra effort and costs, but it could be possible. There are people with backup generators, that can switch over from the grid.

I wild fire can be hard to stop. When I was is the US there was wild-fire reaching the town. The fire department had a hard time stopping the fire at a 6 lane wide road. They somehow made it - though not with a garden hose, more like a fire truck every 20-50 meters and air support as a backup.  The typical US wooden houses provide quite some fuel to a fire, so it can spread even without the trees.

One can put the grid under ground, but it is more expensive. Very high power may prefer different technologies (e.g. DC). However lines frequently damaged by wind or ice are also not for free.
tggzzz:

--- Quote from: Mr. Scram on October 12, 2019, 07:26:22 pm ---Videos without a summary of a few lines does not make for a good thread start.

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Doubly so when the OP's comment is overtly political :(


--- Quote from: MT on October 12, 2019, 06:42:54 pm ---What a fiasco! But heey Calif are run by socialist gov so what to expect!

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