California Rolling Blackouts

[SpursforSix]

Global warming or short sighted energy policy?

[Spurtacular]

Democrats in charge. Who would've thought?

[boutons_deux]

The rolling blackouts in 2001 were Repug FERC allowing dead criminal Kenny Boy / ENRON to extort, shakedown, fuckup CA's energy markets.

Rolling blackouts now are on PG&E and other CA electricity suppliers. capitalism at work.

[boutons_deux]

Rolling Blackouts in California Have Power Experts Stumped

Managers of the electric system argue that

a lack of power prompted the decision to enact blackouts,

though demand this weekend fell short of the state’s peak years.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/16/business/california-blackouts.html

iow, Dems not involved, only private corporate monopolies

[DarrinS]

No blackouts here. And we've been 100+ for days. Not unusual for South Texas in August.

[Spurtacular]

No blackouts here. And we've been 100+ for days. Not unusual for South Texas in August.

Had a blackout here. Lasted for about a half hour. We get a few a year, tbh.

[ChumpDumper]

No blackouts here. And we've been 100+ for days. Not unusual for South Texas in August.:rollin:rollin:rollin:rollin:rollin:rollin: rollin:rollin:rollin:rollin:rollin:rollin:rollin:r ollin

[ducks]

Build more electric plants oh wait the idiots say no so they do not

[hater]

No blackouts here. And we've been 100+ for days. Not unusual for South Texas in August.

Bendover

Ill give you a blackout

[pgardn]

Build more electric plants oh wait the idiots say no so they do not

Texas is the windfarm State and produces more energy from wind power than Germany which is the largest in Europe.
Put em up on the farms on the coastal planes and keep going.
Beautiful stuff.

[DMC]

Too many people too much

[Winehole23]

Global warming or short sighted energy policy?PG&E wants to limit its fire liability and is squeezing California. Evil bastards, tbh.

[ElNono]

None here yet, but heard it's been extremely hot in some areas... 130 on Death Valley today