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To actually answer your question instead of trying to spin it away - “What changed dramatically…is we have had significantly bigger and more West-wide heat wav
by TigeriusKirk 5y ago
To actually answer your question instead of trying to spin it away -
“What changed dramatically…is we have had significantly bigger and more West-wide heat waves than ever before,” Mr. Randolph said. “Those aren’t built into our planning standards.”
- bryan0 5y agoYeah this quote caught my eye too, but how is this possible? They’re not planning for a hotter and dryer climate in CA? I find that hard to believe.
- cedilla 5y agoBoth intensity and frequency of extreme weather events increased much faster than anticipated. This may be a result of climate scientists presenting conservative estimates due to the fear of being labelled alarmist.
- bryan0 5y agoThis explanation doesn’t make much to me. CA is aggressively moving to renewables (well if you ignore shutting down nuclear) and we’re doing this because the state is alarmed about climate change.
- cedilla 5y agoWell, extreme weather events have become much more common sooner than expected. As to why this happened, I only speculated. I don't think that the state is alarmed about climate change as it aims to have a carbon neutral grid by 2045, which is already quite late even following the conservatives estimations.