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Blackouts possible this summer due to heat and extreme weather, officials warn
cnn via msn ^ | 5/19/2022 | Tyler Mauldin

Posted on 05/19/2022 1:14:33 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19

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To: RomanSoldier19

Another propaganda piece trying to get ahead of the blackouts that are being caused by the progressive left and so called green policies. Not that long ago blackouts were pretty rare even in the most extreme temperatures.


41 posted on 05/19/2022 4:50:42 PM PDT by Revel
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Vast swath of U.S. at risk of summer blackouts, regulator warns

Climate change is partly to blame. A historic drought is covering the western US, limiting supplies of hydroelectric power, and forecasts call for a hotter-than-average summer. But the fight against global warming poses its own risks as older coal-fired plants close faster than wind farms, solar facilities and batteries can replace them.

“The pace of our grid transformation is out of sync” with the physical realities of the existing power network, Moura said.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/vast-swath-of-us-is-at-risk-of-summer-blackouts-regulator-warns-1.1767730

42 posted on 05/19/2022 4:58:04 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: RomanSoldier19

It couldn’t be because of EV charging....no way, no how.

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43 posted on 05/19/2022 5:07:16 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Da Coyote

Exactly. I’ve been on this bandwagon for years. If they’re going to be putting everybody in electric cars, we need to drastically increase our power plant infrastructure or we’re all going to be in a world of hurt.


44 posted on 05/20/2022 5:46:47 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

All true. And EVs exacerbate it.


45 posted on 05/20/2022 5:47:49 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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Not to mention the doubling of cost to run home generators.

FJB


46 posted on 05/20/2022 5:49:30 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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