Yes, California has shown itself to be imminently capable of rolling out major infrastructure projects on time and budget.
But you don't have the leadership!
I lived in Birmingham, AL as a kid with no AC. We had a big ceiling fan in the hallway that would create a breeze at night. Our cars were not AC'd.This was in the 60's.Why not gas powered a/c units if people are so in love with gas engines? They are a huge consumer of electricity. Why pick on cars? My family moved a lot. In the mid 50’s we moved to Phoenix. The day we arrived it was 115, a record for the date. No a/c in the car. No a/c in the housing. They bought a brand new brick 3/2 with bonus room for 10k. I remember the address, it was on W. Citrus Way. No one had a/c except one family. They owned several homes and rented them. We called them the rich people, one reason was they had a/c. My first time in a/c was in their house, it was a marvel. Everyone else had a swamp cooler on the roof. Dad bought a new car, no a/c. In early 60’s they moved to Calif. still no a/c in car or house. I still have no house a/c, but have it in the car finally. You can live without air conditioning. As for which would be easiest to live without, it would be a/c before an electric car if all had to be electric.
As for it being hot somewhere in 1918, it doesn’t work like that. 1918 was a cold year, but climate is not weather already give it a rest.
Climate Change: Global Temperature
Earth's surface temperature has risen about 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the start of the NOAA record in 1850. It may seem like a small change, but it's a tremendous increase in stored heat.www.climate.gov
evaporative coolers.. why?
Like I can just pull $1500 out of my pocket? How much does that cost to run?
I get it, you have to pull $1500 out of your pocket now but it only saves a $100 a month. In 15 months you could be dead.
You should be asking yourself what the impact will be if we globally continue burning fossil fuels. Privately-owned EVs simply allow individuals to maintain an entitled lifestyle with slightly less guilt. This is not a sustainable path, nor is it reversible.
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You do realize that the, " Green New Deal", has yet to be legislated? They grow 'em smart in Jersey.
I see there is room to pulse the hydro output every day. I take it they build up the water level slightly in the reservoir each night and open up the flow at a higher rate through the generators during the peak period. Correct?
The same thing when we have refinery fire, we "wait" and pay up.Hypothetically what will be the impact if the majority of vehicles are EV?
California Gov. Newsom declares state of emergency due to heatwave
Gavin Newsom declared the state of emergency after temperatures across the state soared past 100 degrees Fahrenheit.www.dailymail.co.uk
Unless you are in the rural community when PG&E has to shutdown the powerline due to fire risk, you will always have power available here in the summer nights past duck curve hours. Which as of yesterday it is after 10pm.
This happens way before the New Green deal.
There is a limit on how much you can do, there's also chinook salmon you need to worry about and you don't want a flash flood every single day downstream. The amount of power demand swing can be massive in a state with the #8 in the world economy if it is a country of its own.
To be "fair" if there is such a thing, we do have high demand for a lot of things once in a while. Gasoline due to refinery fire / maintenance, electricity due to summer heat, water due to drought and almond / alfalfa farming and salmon preservation, natural gas seems to be stable now but there used to be some jack up prices before fracking was popular. Home insurance dropping you because they lost their shirt on the wildfire damages.....
