This is one of the biggest lies fake news is currently pulling off on the American people. Business's use way more water and electricity than personal homes do. The media is flat out lying when they claim the lock down is causing increased demand on the power grid, it's the opposite. If Commiefornia was still functioning the power situation would be far far worse.
That's just not true. Heating and cooling buildings is WAY more efficient than personal homes. In an office environment, you have people packed in way more closely than a typical neighborhood, so you can have larger equipment run more efficiently. When everyone is at home, those small units are not nearly as efficient and require more electricity overall. Under normal circumstances the power usage is usually pretty close between businesses and homes in a state like California, but when they are having an insane heatwave the efficiency differences between large and small cooling equipment is substantial.
How about hydro electric power? Seems any movement in that direction in CA has been stopped altogether. And whatever existing hydro plants and dams in CA are a crumbling, neglected mess, like the Oroville Dam that’s constantly looking like it will bust.
This is one of the biggest lies fake news is currently pulling off on the American people. Business's use way more water and electricity than personal homes do. The media is flat out lying when they claim the lock down is causing increased demand on the power grid, it's the opposite. If Commiefornia was still functioning the power situation would be far far worse.
That's just not true. Heating and cooling buildings is WAY more efficient than personal homes. In an office environment, you have people packed in way more closely than a typical neighborhood, so you can have larger equipment run more efficiently. When everyone is at home, those small units are not nearly as efficient and require more electricity overall. Under normal circumstances the power usage is usually pretty close between businesses and homes in a state like California, but when they are having an insane heatwave the efficiency differences between large and small cooling equipment is substantial.
Source: Am MEP Engineer
How about hydro electric power? Seems any movement in that direction in CA has been stopped altogether. And whatever existing hydro plants and dams in CA are a crumbling, neglected mess, like the Oroville Dam that’s constantly looking like it will bust.