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time2roll
Jul 09, 2022Nomad
valhalla360 wrote:The last actual blackout due to lack of generation was a natural gas plant that had an issue and went off line unexpectedly.
Right now, it's mostly related to intermittent energy sources (ie: wind and solar). But if the grid is struggling now and you are increasing the load by 20-30%, you can't expect it to be better.
There are no grids with tons of excess capacity as that comes at a high cost to have plants idling most days.
CA is improving and expanding the grid every day and I have confidence it will easily meet the needs of electric vehicles as they are phased in over the next 30 years.
The air quality has improved remarkably over the last 40 years and continuing this effort is well worth the transition to electric. Looking forward to the day the Carson refinery is dismantled.
The rest is FUD.
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