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California needs to upgrade it's electrical infrastructure before all of these mandates take effect. Wildfires and the impact on Feather River Canyon / where a
by jmspring 5y ago
California needs to upgrade it's electrical infrastructure before all of these mandates take effect. Wildfires and the impact on Feather River Canyon / where a number of fires have started the last couple of years. Droughts and the impact on hydro-electric capacity. High-wind / red-flag days causing outages.
These are things that are regularly happening. They should be occasional, not occurring multiple times a month.
The big one is going to be the phasing out of fossil fuel vehicles. In addition to infrastructure, California does not have the generation capacity for what these mandates / initiatives will require. Take a look at rolling brownouts on extremely hot days due to the use of air conditioning.
Micro-grids and local generation are topics that come up as possible solutions. Then you have to deal with infrastructure, NIMBYism, practicality - areas with extreme weather conditions (snow/etc).
There is a larger question that needs to be addressed before we can go zero-emission at any particular scale.
Also - someone will mention solar - places that get a lot of snow, rain, maybe are in areas with tree cover - solar isn't always sufficient for the needs of a house let alone a community.