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superalienhyphy 37 points ago +37 / -0

Everyone is working from home and its hot as fuck. Definitely huge demand. But the state is too cucked to use proven energy technologies such as fossil fuels and nuclear because of muh environment. So there is stress on both sides of the equation, and Democrats contributing to it on both sides by forcing people to stay home and forcing people to not use certain energy sources.

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Yeehaw-McKickass 8 points ago +9 / -1

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.

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grebella 10 points ago +10 / -0

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