1 Jul 2022 10:36 am
You liberal imbeciles don't even want to admit the largest potential problem as more and more people buy EVs, thinking they'll save on the high price of gas.Xavier_Onassis » 01 Jul 2022, 10:06 am » wrote: ↑ Fly over WV sometime and you can easily see where the tops have been slashed off of mountains, and the runoff has resulted in polluted streams bordered by miserable little towns of shacks, ruined trailers and hovels.
Batteries will improve and more and more electricity will come from renewable sources. If your occupation involves driving through WV, then perhaps an EV is not a good choice. But most people do NOT have such occupations.
Care to guess what will happen when the inevitable blackouts and brownouts occur in many states this summer?
What do you think will be the first order from politicians when California declares an emergency power shortage during the next heat wave or when a wildfire breaks out?
California Warns of Possible Summer Blackouts as Power Runs Low
Bloomberg By Mark Chediak May 6, 2022California has struggled to keep the lights on the past two summers, with grid operators imposing brief rotating blackouts in 2020 during a extreme regional heat wave that overwhelmed the grid. Officials warned of potential shortages last summer, although the state avoided having to impose blackouts after Newsom declared a grid emergency, which helped free up additional power resources.
- State says energy supplies could be short through 2025
- California has struggled to keep lights on past two summers
The biggest challenge for the power system is during hot evenings in late summer and early fall, when solar production falls after sunset while demand for air-conditioning remains high, said Mark Rothleder, chief operating officer of the California Independent System Operator, which oversees the main state grid.
Expect More Blackouts This SummerHigh temperatures lead to rolling blackouts, scheduled blackouts that are intended to save the state’s energy supply. But California has been experiencing a lack of energy as prices go up. Governor Newsom sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo about the delay in imported solar cells and modules to California. Due to this, California could be short of energy equivalent to what it takes to power 1.3 million homes. That number could go as high as 3.75 million if high temperatures and fires threaten power grids.
- May 9, 2022 San Diego News Desk
Map: Summer Blackouts Coming to Huge Swaths of US, Experts Say - If You Live in These States, Prepare Now
The Western Journal By Warner Todd Huston May 24, 2022
Experts warn that Americans should start preparing for huge swaths of the nation to succumb to power outages this summer as the left works to end coal plants and force us into “green” energies that are woefully inadequate to fuel our economy.“At least a dozen US states from California to the Great Lakes are at risk of electricity outages this summer,” Bloomberg reported Sunday.The report cited a recent assessment from the North American Electric Reliability Corp. that much of the U.S. population is likely to suffer brownouts, blackouts and other disruptions in power during the hottest days of the year this summer.