A fan does nothing when it’s over 100 degrees. The cool morning air is long gone by 4:00Home owners can buy their own fans.
At least the Titanic went down with it's lights on.
Many businesses have pretty much everything on 24/7.Do people just leave the lights and a/c on at work? I don’t really get the reasoning. The same people are either home or at work. They should be using power at either one or the other.
In any case I see "waterless" toilets all over the place in Las Vegas. I see them in LEED buildings. Even here in Atlanta and they work fine. Other than the shape they're not designed like a typical urinal. Many implement a "liquid seal". In any case I wouldn't call them a bad idea assuming the system can handle them.
I don't see them in residences but I see them in businesses.What could possibly go wrong with the idea of taking a compost pile of human excrement, and moving it inside your home? I'm sure when the neighbors come over they'll think your wife just spilled a bottle of Chanel #5 on the counter top.
But in any case, sacrifices will have to be made, or we'll all be drinking dust.
SERIOUSLY?!Really, the problem isn't EV's, it's air conditioners. We need to ban air conditioners that go lower than 86f. Why does anyone need to have their house so cold?
Nope. My sarcasm was weak that day...SERIOUSLY?!
Total demand is expected to reach 48.8 gigawatts, below the record high of 52 gigawatts achieved Tuesday. But the grid Thursday and Friday faces the prospect of much less solar and wind power.
Wildfire smoke and cloud cover reduced output from solar farms on Thursday and will likely cut generation by as much as 1 gigawatt on Friday, according to Elliot Mainzer, chief executive officer of the California Independent System Operator. Weaker wind gusts on Thursday and Friday are also diminishing another important electric source for the state.
“Conditions have changed,” Mainzer said, pointing to “uncertainty about how much production we will have from our renewable resources.”
From earlier in the week, of note is that smoke from the wildfires had a significant impact on solar production, so despite the demand peak being almost 4GW lower, the risk of blackouts was quite real.
Wildfires Add New Threat Escalating California Power Crisis
California faces the dual threat of blackouts from an overwhelmed grid as well as from the risk of wildfires as a punishing heat wave continues to exact a toll on the state’s power system.www.bloomberg.com
Snow (in areas that receive it) poses an even worse threat, as you are already in a season where solar output has dropped precipitously due to the reduced daylight hours. What we tend to see is that both heat waves and cold snaps are accompanied by large wind lulls as well, so wind isn't there to "backstop" the solar. This is why we have massive backup gas capacity that can step in. A few hours of batteries aren't going to help at all.