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This is just another way of saying there the margin of error has been reduced to an unacceptable level. It is only going to get worse if California continues t
by gwright 6y ago
This is just another way of saying there the margin of error has been reduced to an unacceptable level. It is only going to get worse if California continues towards its renewable goals.
I found this article helpful: https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2020-8-16-h7249j4l4p0o64aod9n6qltzirnm6i https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2020-8-16-h7249j4l4...
From that article:
Take out all of the solar and wind capacity, and California has
only about 43 GW of capacity to meet demand that could well
exceed that on any hot summer day. And to get to that 43 GW,
you would need all other facilities up and running at absolutely
full capacity with no scheduled or unscheduled outages, which
is not realistic. Yes, you could try to import some power from
the neighboring states, but at times of peak usage they probably
need all of their own power. In short, you have put yourself
in a position where regular intentional blackouts are inevitable.
And, as more and more reliable fossil fuel and nuclear facilities
get closed in favor of wind and solar, the problem looks set
to worsen dramatically over the next several years
- mturmon 6y agoWhat a tendentious blog that is! Here's another one from April on how COVID is no big deal: https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2020-4-15-what-is-the-proof-that-this-covid-19-thing-really-is-a-crisis https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2020-4-15-what-is-t... Doesn't it seem like the author is reasoning backward from a preferred conclusion, the way a lawyer might?
- gwright 6y agoThat article isn't about COVID in isolation it is about whether the drastic economic shutdown was an appropriate response. I think that is still a very debatable item, but data from Sweden, for example suggests that it wasn't a good tradeoff. There is also evidence that social distancing and masks would have been a reasonable approach vs full shutdown mode. I'm not sure what to make of your "reasoning backward" statement. Just not sure what it means.