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| 2023-02-08 |
| [Doomberg] As the post-Covid global energy crisis began to unfold, California Governor Gavin Newsom faced a serious dilemma. With a degrading electricity grid, the prospect of ongoing rolling blackouts, and the need to import significant electricity from other states just to keep the lights on, Newsom could no longer let his state play footsie with those opposing the basic laws of physics. Environmental activists — a cornerstone of Newsom’s political coalition — had spent decades opposing new nuclear power facilities in the state while working tirelessly to shut down existing ones. California’s last remaining nuclear power plant was set to close in 2025 and under no reasonable scenario was this a responsible course of action but mustering the political support to keep it open seemed daunting. Here’s how we framed the situation in a piece we wrote in December of 2021 called California Ditzkrieg (emphasis added throughout): "The Diablo Canyon Power Plant has been cranking out carbon-free electricity for almost 40 years. It supplies nearly 8% of the state’s total power needs and 10% of what it produces for itself (this might come as a shock to our readers, but California suffers from extreme NIMBY Syndrome, and prefers to import roughly a quarter of its electricity needs from other states). As a share of the state’s baseload power, Diablo is an even more critical asset delivering approximately 20% of the state’s needs. As of this writing, we can find no credible plan to replace this steady and reliable grid anchor." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Send the coppers around to do a survey. One question "Do you support more Nuke power for the state?" Any one who says no, immediately turn off all their electricity. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2023-02-08 15:15 |
| #4 If you crap in the ocean, you still go swimming in it. |
| Posted by: Thruter Gloluger6393 2023-02-08 14:47 |
| #3 The solution to pollution is dilution. Not always. If you put a drop of wine in a barrel of sewage, you get - sewage. If you put a drop of sewage in a barrel of wine, you get - sewage. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-08 14:20 |
| #2 The solution to pollution is dilution. |
| Posted by: Thruter Gloluger6393 2023-02-08 14:15 |
| #1 I suppose they'll follow Japan's lead and just dump it in the ocean. Perhaps the Monterey Bay trench. It's convenient. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-02-08 14:09 |