RCMAN46 wrote:
time2roll wrote:
Yes in 2020 there was a few rolling blackouts in a limited area due to a natural gas plant dropping off line unexpectedly during unusually high demand. That was the first in about 20 years since the last time during the screwball Enron days.
I understand much of the imports are hydro from the north.
When power is imported you can not designate what source it comes from. all sources are connected to the same grid.
Hydro power only accounts for 7.3% of power generated in the USA. I suspect the northern states use all of their own hydro.
Fossil fuel accounts for about 60% of power generated in USA and Nuclear 20%.
Phew! Gonna be a tall order to revise almost 80% of the nations "fuel" for electricity generation from fossil fuels and a source that will melt your brain to wind, solar and unicorn farts.
Hydro generation is on it's way down in many areas, as well, due to all the lawsuits and pressure from the leaf lickers and tribes.
Maybe if we all planted a big @ss wind mill in our backyards and covered our entire property with solar panels (but then all the shade would kill the grass and be bad for the animals too....) then we could get rid of all the "bad things" that produce our power.
