Is california actually having an energy shortage or is this just some dumb ass "we can save the planet by not watching Netflix for one hour a month" bullshit?
It's more a problem with the infrastructure used to deliver the energy. It was developed for one kind of distribution of loads (which here refers to the stochastic and time-varying demands for electrical energy), which not only pulled less power on average, but also had lower peak loads. Pulling more power than the grid can handle results in smaller networks in the grid being without enough power to deliver.
Oh we absolutely have grid issues in the summer. I think our house has had a blackout at least once every year? Sometimes it's a planned (rolling) one and others it's cause a generator blew nearby.
Is california actually having an energy shortage or is this just some dumb ass "we can save the planet by not watching Netflix for one hour a month" bullshit?
Idk, but I bet the Tesla factory is still running.
It's more a problem with the infrastructure used to deliver the energy. It was developed for one kind of distribution of loads (which here refers to the stochastic and time-varying demands for electrical energy), which not only pulled less power on average, but also had lower peak loads. Pulling more power than the grid can handle results in smaller networks in the grid being without enough power to deliver.
If only they were one of the biggest economies in the world... Maybe then they could improve infrastructure...
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yep. Just the beginning of the list of reasons that utilities should be owned by the state/municipality served by it.
Your username is wonderful.
Oh we absolutely have grid issues in the summer. I think our house has had a blackout at least once every year? Sometimes it's a planned (rolling) one and others it's cause a generator blew nearby.
Oh yeah, shit can also overheat more easily in the summer.