California: 1. End coal, don't replace with nuclear. Power capacity plummets 2. Buy from neighbors to cover spikes. Neighbors use coal for this 3. Neighbors stop selling during their own spikes-->blackouts in CA 4. "Neighbors must end their coal use"http://archive.is/MZ8A2
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I am still very curious why I have never lived in a state with rolling blackouts whatsoever if his argument holds but it is somewhat compelling Depends on the extensive vs intensive operating costs of marginal power production I guess Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
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maybe when I'm not getting stoned in the evening I end up spending my time imagining up toy economic models of markets I have no familiarity with instead of making increasingly deranged attacks on the english Language fascinating dramatic cognitive shift
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tangential: do you think the water sharing agreements hold up as the tax base shifts?
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oh god who knows that shit is an absolute nightmare
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idk about his explanation, 20 hours every 10 years is like 4-sigma-level, and crucial infra is routinely built to exceed that reliability it's not a matter of gold-plating, it's just building in 10% more capacity margin or w/e
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also there haven't been rolling blackouts here in my lifetime, so I don't really buy "oh it's just inevitable"
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The “unknown” source is the NW is the key. It’s unlikely it’s hydro & fairly likely it’s not green.
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