Posted on 06/01/2017 8:11:31 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Is Algore planning to fly over the state that day?
This is nothing but an excuse to talk nonsense.
This article is hogwash.
CLICK-BAIT.
This seems like fake news. What do they do at night? What do they do when it’s cloudy?
Sounds more like someone trying to get people to turn off stuff for no reason other than they have the power to issue stupid messages because they are the government.
Here is a link that gives percent of totality for various cities: http://cs.astronomy.com/asy/b/astronomy/archive/2014/08/05/25-facts-you-should-know-about-the-august-21-2017-total-solar-eclipse.aspx
Las Vegas 72 percent
Los Angeles 62 percent
So they are worrying about loosing 62 percent of their sunlight for about 2 minutes. Probably not as bad, from our experience with our photo-voltaic array, as a cloudy day.
Could the problem, if there is one, have to do with instability in the grid. Sudden power losses and subsequent unplanned surges can’t be good, can they?
If their greed is that fragile.... eff’em.
greed = grid
Totality is 2+ minutes, but the overall departure from 100% is over the course of about 180 minutes. And, there is no totality in CA for this eclipse.
If you mean grid..? :-)
Then hasn’t that always been the problem with solar? You can’t exactly get Mr Sunny to produce his jumpin’ gigawatts on a predictable, reliable schedule. Which, if I understand correctly, can raise holy Hades with a grid.
I think that they should all hold their breath - you never know what may happen...
They are so worried about the moon partially blocking the sun in August, but have the figured out how to handle the earth completely blocking the sunlight from hitting California for about ten hours starting around 8 pm today?
“Don’t they have night in California?”
Don’t they have night in California?
= = =
No, they turn on all the lights using that cheap solar power.
What are they going to do when that probe comes back looking for Humpback Whales?.... they’ll be totally screwed then.
What a complete crock!
When the sun is 50% eclipsed, no one would notice if they weren't told it was happening, unless maybe he were a savvy photographer who understands f-stops and was outside taking pictures.
The amount of light energy from the sun is diminished much more by clouds than by a partial eclipse below 80%. My own memory is that one begins to notice around 90%, but even at 99% the sun is way too bright to look at directly.
ML/NJ
Not if they identify “Night” as “Day” . .
Now that right there is funny.
As you know, if you've ever watched an eclipse, the transition is extremely slow (many minutes). If the grid can't handle that, it's already a total failure.
The 4% is attributed to Sacramento.
Solar power goes into the grid and is drawn from there. Unless Sacramento is isolated from the grid, they'll just draw whatever they need from the grid. If buildings are strictly solar, they'll have to switch to the grid.
Solar might be attributed to 4% of Sacramento, but is 0.6% of electrical power produced in the US.
This won't even be noticeable.
In Sacramento, they'll have up to 80% coverage of the sun for about 1 hr. They'll have about 40% coverage for about 45 minutes on each side of the max coverage. Equal to a cloudy day.
During this entire time, the solar panels will produce power, but at a decreased level.
The Cosmic Ballet Goes On - Monorail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmoW-gNjjXA
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