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Southern California Utility Cuts Power To Customers On Thanksgiving As Wildfire Risks Surge
NATION AND STATE ^ | 11/25/2021

Posted on 11/25/2021 9:27:22 AM PST by george76

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To: george76

How do I charge my Tesla?


41 posted on 11/25/2021 11:12:51 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: 353FMG

Tesla solar panels of course.


42 posted on 11/25/2021 11:14:19 AM PST by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1&;pag, and that)
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To: george76

That’s the same game that our unvetted Afghan jihadists can play as long as they are here. America, you really know how to screw yourself 24/7.


43 posted on 11/25/2021 11:18:49 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: rey

Still, most of us remember when regulated public utilities didn’t have these problems. They really started happening with the big push to deregulate the power industry in the 1990s. The notion of a planned outage to prevent fires was just not conceivable in the industry.


44 posted on 11/25/2021 11:18:52 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (β€œβ€¦in any great disaster, there's a Harvard man in the middle of it.” ~ Thomas Sowell)
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To: george76

LOLOLOL Couldn’t happen to a worthier state!


45 posted on 11/25/2021 11:20:44 AM PST by RooRoobird20
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To: george76

I guess they can’t be honest and say they have no margin for all of the electric ovens in use today. Can’t say that I blame them, given what the state can do to them, if they want to.


46 posted on 11/25/2021 11:22:15 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: george76

Oh sorry, fire danger today, no electricity for you! Maybe a nice dinner at McWhopper or Chickenlicken will suffice.

Go California!


47 posted on 11/25/2021 11:23:08 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Huskrrrr

Does that one have an oil filter and how often do you change the oil?


48 posted on 11/25/2021 11:25:54 AM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: Huskrrrr

It burns those nasty fossil fuels doesn’t it? Don’t let the FBI see you.
Why don’t you buy an electric Generac?
Better yet, why don’t you cover yourself in solar panels?


49 posted on 11/25/2021 11:26:51 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: Drew68

Time to buy a propane powered generator.πŸ€”


50 posted on 11/25/2021 11:35:58 AM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: george76

Viva Fossil Fuels!

Perhaps it’s time to shut off the gas to the WH and Capitol Building and prohibit the sale of gas ovens and gas heated water heaters. Go ahead, do your heating electrically.


51 posted on 11/25/2021 11:39:02 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: rey
However, if you directly asked me if I would go without power so my neighbor or anyone else could forego the terror of a large fast moving fire and or death I would gladly go without.

That is a natural response, and much the same as everyone's willingness to do without power temporarily to protect the safety of linemen working on the power lines. But you should not have to make that choice, and people who suffer as a result of losing their power should not be required to bear that burden either. It is surely within the technical ability of our nation to safely provide power when it is windy. Utilities all over the world manage to do just that on a daily basis.

Maybe some brush cutting and tree trimming is needed, or wider power line right of ways, or a network of downed line and fire sensors located along power lines. And maybe the utility needs to pay its customers for every hour they are without power, and for the damages from any fires their equipment starts. Or they can hire local fire wardens, or spend the money to install underground transmission lines, or localized power sources.

I am sure the power companies can do what they used to do to prevent fires, and the state can do what they used to do to prevent and fight fires. They just need the appropriate motivation.

52 posted on 11/25/2021 11:47:29 AM PST by freeandfreezing
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

American empire is gone. You think we can generate enough electricity to keep our industry going for one day without the use of fossil fuels? That is Biden-think.

Without our industry, there is no America.


53 posted on 11/25/2021 11:49:43 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: GOP Poet

Don’t hate the state.

Get rid of the people who run it.


54 posted on 11/25/2021 11:54:32 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: KittyKares

The turkey thanks you. And so do all the trimmings,


55 posted on 11/25/2021 11:57:48 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: george76

56 posted on 11/25/2021 11:59:43 AM PST by fruser1
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To: tophat9000

California is A Turd.


57 posted on 11/25/2021 12:03:00 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: george76

How those Teslas doing?


58 posted on 11/25/2021 12:04:49 PM PST by bray (Our patience is wearing thin Joe)
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To: varyouga

LNG is the answer


59 posted on 11/25/2021 12:07:33 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: crz

Lol. I think that would get your point across.


60 posted on 11/25/2021 12:07:51 PM PST by KittyKares (Trump put us in the room; now we have to put ourselves in the room. - Steve Bannon)
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