California Will Use Diesel This Summer to Help Keep Lights On

[Elderberry]

Bloomberg Green By Mark Chediak  6/11/2020

Despite environmental concerns, California will allow PG&E Corp. to use diesel-powered mobile generators to keep some electricity flowing when the utility proactively cuts power to prevent live wires from sparking fires in high wind.

State regulators signed off Thursday on PG&E’s plan to use about 450 megawatts of diesel generation to power homes, businesses, hospitals and other critical facilities as part of the utility’s effort to reduce disruptions during the shutoffs.

Last fall, regulators criticized PG&E for intentionally blacking out millions of customers to prevent power lines from sparking fires during dry, windy conditions.

More: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-11/california-will-use-diesel-this-summer-to-help-keep-lights-on

[IsailedawayfromFR]

At the end of the day, it is always hydrocarbons which rescue the insanity of green movements.

Most of the renewable crowd do not even realize that, with few exceptions, every solar or wind power plant entails the construction and usage of a natural gas power plant due to the inefficiency of using solar or wind as a primary electricity generation source though slow and high demand periods.

[Idiot]

At the end of the day, it is always hydrocarbons which rescue the insanity of green movements.

Most of the renewable crowd do not even realize that, with few exceptions, every solar or wind power plant entails the construction and usage of a natural gas power plant due to the inefficiency of using solar or wind as a primary electricity generation source though slow and high demand periods.

But they are saving the planet....DUDE...   

[The_Reader_David]

So all the new construction in Berkeley where they banned gas stoves -- the most energy efficient means of cooking indoors -- because of their "greenhouse gas emissions" will now be powered by diesel, with the resulting energy subject to transmission loss.  Human beings are generally pretty stupid, but this level of stupidity requires some effort to attain.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

So all the new construction in Berkeley where they banned gas stoves -- the most energy efficient means of cooking indoors -- because of their "greenhouse gas emissions" will now be powered by diesel, with the resulting energy subject to transmission loss.  Human beings are generally pretty stupid, but this level of stupidity requires some effort to attain.

Here's one even more stupid.

Buying an electric car in order to have a charging station that generates power with diesel.


Time to fully fill up/charge a car goes from a few minutes to a few hours.