New York nears deal to ban gas stoves in new homes

[Stephen Hawking]

33 minutes ago, Kivalo said:

We got wayyy to many like him already! He belongs in Massholeachusettes.

We booted him a while ago, don't want him back. 

[Jerry 976]

1 hour ago, BOHICA said:

The grid will handle the slow progression and expansion just fine like it has since the invent of electricity.

makes no sense to build it until it is needed. Why build a big honking power plants if they will just sit there for decades unused until the demand for it is needed.

 Then why do the power companies have rolling black outs in the summer and winter?

[BOHICA]

46 minutes ago, Jerry 976 said:

 Then why do the power companies have rolling black outs in the summer and winter?

Extreme weather events such as blizzards, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, equipment failures and such have always caused blackouts (outages).  They will continue.  Rarely is demand exceeding capacity as a cause.

 

lots of large residential and commercial has been happening and the grid grows as needed.

Edited March 26, 2023 by BOHICA

[Jerry 976]

7 hours ago, BOHICA said:

Extreme weather events such as blizzards, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, equipment failures and such have always caused blackouts (outages).  They will continue.  Rarely is demand exceeding capacity as a cause.

 

lots of large residential and commercial has been happening and the grid grows as needed.

I'm talking about rolling black outs in the heat of summer or the cold of winter because their is too much demand on the system and they start the rolling black outs so they system does not shit it's self because it can't handle the demand and not for natural disasters like you have listed. the rolling black outs happen every years across the U.S. because of the demand.

[BOHICA]

36 minutes ago, Jerry 976 said:

I'm talking about rolling black outs in the heat of summer or the cold of winter because their is too much demand on the system and they start the rolling black outs so they system does not shit it's self because it can't handle the demand and not for natural disasters like you have listed. the rolling black outs happen every years across the U.S. because of the demand.

Last one in California was 2020 prior to that it was 2001.  Rolling blackouts for demand are rare across the US.  There is always lots of talk of them but it typically never materializes.  Cali is usually the hot bed for this but they only had region that had a  “Demand” outage during last years heat wave that was caused by human human error.

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california-news/california-record-electricity-demand-rotating-power-outages-blackouts/2979571/?amp=1

When was the last time California had rolling power outages?

Several hundred thousand Californians lost power in rolling blackouts in August 2020 amid hot weather. The state avoided a similar scenario last summer. Previously, the state ordered rolling outages during an energy crisis in 2001. Blackouts occurred several times from January to May, including one that affected more than 1.5 million customers in March. The cause was a combination of energy shortages and market manipulation by energy wholesalers, infamously including Enron Corp., that drove up prices by withholding supplies.

 

[Deephaven]

19 hours ago, spin_dry said:

Why is banning gas stoves such a big deal? Seems reasonable for a number of reasons. 

You don't cook, do you...

[shimxtr1]

AC is next...

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-admin-cracks-down-air-144158639.html

[Edmo]

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