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They retired base load power (nuclear) and didn't replace it with other power sources that can provide base load. Instead everyone pushed for renewable only and
by newguy1234 6y ago
They retired base load power (nuclear) and didn't replace it with other power sources that can provide base load. Instead everyone pushed for renewable only and opposed the natural gas power stations.
Build 5,000 MW of natural gas peakers and this problem immediately goes away.
- jjoonathan 6y agoSo California has one-upped Germany: instead of replacing nuclear with coal, they're replacing nuclear with rolling blackouts. Ugh. And to think, if we just hadn't stopped building nuclear, we would already be rid of CO2-intensive electricity. Instead, we've barely begun, and we've only begin through duck-curve denial. Facepalm.
- khuey 6y agoCalifornia never had much nuclear to begin with. Only 2GW of capacity has been decommissioned so far this millennium.