Weren't the rolling blackouts during the Enron fiasco caused by shutting down plants for "maintainance" and directing others to export energy out of state? Are they still doing that BS or do they truly not have enough energy production capability? Or is the grid just that shitty? Either way how TF have they not fixed it by now?
Reposted for you. Basically they've cut Nuke/Ngas production and are surprised they're coming up short. I was told Wind/Solar would make up for it. Guess not.
This is the one of the biggest scams passed on to the public. Wind and solar will never be able to provide us full time power. They are also not nearly as 'clean' as advertised. Ever see a wind turbine graveyard?
And, even if you managed to perfect the solar panel, just how many mountain ranges are you willing to strip mine in order to obtain all the rare earth elements which go into building them??
Of course it's a scam, and I bet that if you dig into the companies that built the solar/wind farms that replaced the nukes and NG plants, you'll fine heavily connected Dem donors and friends of Nancy.
'Member when CA mandated the use of MTBE in gasoline, to "protect the environment", and it was later discovered to be worse for the environment than the gasoline itself, and it was later discovered that the companies providing the MTBE were Dem donors and buddies of all the top state Dems?
Thank you for the links! I had a feeling it was their usual incompetent/corrupt bullshit. Nothing changes after all these years. We are the world's #1 producer of energy we should not have shortages anywhere.
Cutting nuclear and natural gas is absurd. They are cheap, clean, and reliable. Build all the solar and wind you want and if you end up with a surplus then figure out where to scale back. Its remarkable how awful politicians are at providing the bare minimum for their constituents...
Democrats are some of the most useless and corrupt administrators in a America, the fact that CALIFORNIA has rolling black outs speaks volumes about their leadership.
And they have the gall to call GEOTUS a bad leader.
Nah, the final straw for Grey Davis was boosting car registrations, after the CA economy collapsed in the dot com bust. He was re-elected after the energy scandal - mostly because the Pubs ran a weak as fuck opponent - my feeling at the time is nobody decent wanted to clean up Davis' mess. Davis was hated by everyone, even the Dems in the state. He was recalled because he was incompetent across the board, he couldn't even be corrupt effectively.
I dimly recall his car registration bullshit had some people paying more for their first year of registration than the down payment. That was the point everyone said "this fuck needs to go." He could have raised taxes on the rich, but instead he fucked EVERYONE over, because he was so deep in the pocket of rich Dems. (and a powerful mobster, according to some.)
Weren't the rolling blackouts during the Enron fiasco caused by shutting down plants for "maintainance" and directing others to export energy out of state? Are they still doing that BS or do they truly not have enough energy production capability? Or is the grid just that shitty? Either way how TF have they not fixed it by now?
http://www.caiso.com/todaysoutlook/pages/index.html
DEMAND ISNT EVEN HIGHER THAN 2006. PRODUCTION IS LOWER THAN IT WAS 14 YEARS AGO.
Reposted for you. Basically they've cut Nuke/Ngas production and are surprised they're coming up short. I was told Wind/Solar would make up for it. Guess not.
This is the one of the biggest scams passed on to the public. Wind and solar will never be able to provide us full time power. They are also not nearly as 'clean' as advertised. Ever see a wind turbine graveyard?
And, even if you managed to perfect the solar panel, just how many mountain ranges are you willing to strip mine in order to obtain all the rare earth elements which go into building them??
This exactly. Wind and solar are also inefficient and costly compared to natural gas and other evil fossil fuel sources.
Of course it's a scam, and I bet that if you dig into the companies that built the solar/wind farms that replaced the nukes and NG plants, you'll fine heavily connected Dem donors and friends of Nancy.
'Member when CA mandated the use of MTBE in gasoline, to "protect the environment", and it was later discovered to be worse for the environment than the gasoline itself, and it was later discovered that the companies providing the MTBE were Dem donors and buddies of all the top state Dems?
I 'member.
Thank you for the links! I had a feeling it was their usual incompetent/corrupt bullshit. Nothing changes after all these years. We are the world's #1 producer of energy we should not have shortages anywhere.
Cutting nuclear and natural gas is absurd. They are cheap, clean, and reliable. Build all the solar and wind you want and if you end up with a surplus then figure out where to scale back. Its remarkable how awful politicians are at providing the bare minimum for their constituents...
Democrats are some of the most useless and corrupt administrators in a America, the fact that CALIFORNIA has rolling black outs speaks volumes about their leadership.
And they have the gall to call GEOTUS a bad leader.
Democrats is a safe answer.
Nah, the final straw for Grey Davis was boosting car registrations, after the CA economy collapsed in the dot com bust. He was re-elected after the energy scandal - mostly because the Pubs ran a weak as fuck opponent - my feeling at the time is nobody decent wanted to clean up Davis' mess. Davis was hated by everyone, even the Dems in the state. He was recalled because he was incompetent across the board, he couldn't even be corrupt effectively.
I dimly recall his car registration bullshit had some people paying more for their first year of registration than the down payment. That was the point everyone said "this fuck needs to go." He could have raised taxes on the rich, but instead he fucked EVERYONE over, because he was so deep in the pocket of rich Dems. (and a powerful mobster, according to some.)