Posted on 10/29/2019 7:53:29 AM PDT by karpov
California is staying true to its reputation as the land of innovation — it is making blackouts, heretofore the signature of impoverished and war-torn lands, a routine feature of 21st-century American life.
More than 2 million people are going without power in Northern and Central California, in the latest and biggest of the intentional blackouts that are, astonishingly, California’s best answer to the risk of runaway wildfires.
Power — and all the goods it makes possible — is synonymous with modern civilization. It shouldn’t be a negotiable for anyone living in a well-functioning society, or even in California, which, despite its stupendous wealth and natural splendor, has blighted itself over the decades with misgovernance and misplaced priorities.
The same California that has been the seedbed of world-famous companies that make it possible for people to send widely viewed short missives of 280 characters or less, and share and like images of grumpy cats, isn’t doing so well at keeping the lights on.
The same California that has boldly committed to transitioning to 50 percent renewable energy by 2025 — and 100 percent renewable energy by 2045 — can’t manage its existing energy infrastructure.
The same California that has pushed its electricity rates to the highest in the contiguous United States through its mandates and regulations doesn’t provide continuous access to that overpriced electricity.
California governor Gavin Newsom, who has to try to evade responsibility for this debacle while presiding over it, blames “dog-eat-dog capitalism” for the state’s current crisis. It sounds like he’s referring to robber barons who have descended on the state to suck it dry of profits while burning it to the ground. But Newsom is talking about one of the most regulated industries in the state — namely California’s energy utilities
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“It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness”
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No need to go overseas to help the indigenous - go to Calezuela to help.
Me too
Lights out twice last week for us, tuesday, Saturday night through Monday night.
Now 9am the say to have them out again.
“incapable”
Only applies to the useful idiots. Those in charge know exactly what they’re doing. Like Maduro, as long as their pockets are being filled that are happy. They simply don’t give a shit about the lowlies.
When they can’t leech anymore out they will do it elsewhere or retire to their own fortress somewhere.
Nah...
Why would they do that? Just because there’s more poop on the streets and less electricity than in Mehico?
I don’t think that would bother them. Remember, their calculators run on batteries and as long as you shop-lift with your calculator on, keep a running tab, and stay below... what is it $999?... you can get tons of free stuff.
Who cares about a little poop and candle light?
Reminds me of a joke...
What did the socialists use before candles?
Electricity!
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California is their own undoing.
You can’t regulate a business into bankruptcy over unicorn farts and expect them to provide a service.
California: building a bridge to the 19th century.
CC
It’s a joke. My European relatives have been laughing at us for 20 years with these stupid above ground electricity wires. In some places it is necessary, but even in earthquake country we could do underground in most spots.
Our roads suck, our infrastructure sucks, we have sacred homeless pooping and gathering rats and drugs on our streets. How to Third World Your State Instantly.
These power shut offs are truly caused by Global Warming.
PG&E is being held responsible for a fire that burned down an entire city. They cannot afford to let it happen again. They did not write the regulations that caused the forests to be choked by vegetation that fuels small fires making them very large very fast. Look how many and how big the fires are that are burning right now. But PG&E can’t be blamed for them which they very well could have if they were not doing something to prevent them.
But they’re straw free...
California’s Socialist/Communist authority is the cause. Much more to come, as they are also there to “fix it”.
What happens to the high-speed rail when PG&E flips-off the power (and it’s customers - see what I did there?)
Asking for a friend.
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And suing PG&E $50B isn’t going to help do the vital ~$50B of maintenance needed to mitigate the fire risks.
Perhaps even having planes in the air on the look out for fires when they start and call in a strike team to put them out.”””
Let me take you back to the days of Bill Clinton in the White House & his Secretary of the Interior.....who was a 4th generation rancher from New Mexico.
Clinton & that Sec of the Interior shut down the US FOREST roads-—called it the ‘ROADLESS POLICY” and put up expensive, massive gates at the entrances of those forests. They also dug large holes right behind those gates to prevent anyone from entering with a vehicle. Holes big enough to drop a school bus into. I have seen them. NO JOKE>
Ever since, firefighters CAN NOT get into the forests to stop a fire when it is small. The ONLY way to get them in is by plane...and there are not that many “Hot Shots’ who parachute into a fire & try to stop it.
They both also filled up all the Interior/Forest Service/BLM
departments with Enviros who want Mother Nature to run things.
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