California just banned small engines by 2024.

[LostinTexas]

22 minutes ago, railfancwb said:

Steam generation of electricity, regardless of whether the steam source is nuclear or fossil fuel, always wants to run full throttle. Thus steam generation should be base load power. Hydro is an excellent peak shaver as it can be turned on and off as necessary. Pumped storage, such as on Raccoon Mountain, is the equivalent of storage batteries. When demand for electricity is high, full throttle steam generation is augmented by letting water flow through turbines. When demand is low, power from those steam plants can be used to run turbines in reverse and pump water back uphill into lakes. 

Naaaaa, they have to let that go downstream to protect those endangered minnows. No matter that farm, or municipal usage has to be cut.

Priorities, don't ya know.

[Huaco Kid]

I remember stories about people being forced to evacuate during last year's wildfires,  but they couldn't charge their cars because the power had been shut off for a week.

[Historian]

6 hours ago, MO Fugga said:

Electric **** is great! Get the stick out of their ass, and get a bunch of nuke plants online. One of our biggest strategic mistakes of the last 40 years is not aggressively developing our power output.

We built this, we must maintain control of it.

I had the same thought about nuclear power.  France uses almost exclusively nuclear power for it's energy needs.   They might have a greater use for batteries or electrical devices.

And I agree we need more of the plants,  Ours are getting older.

[DAKA]

All "nuttieness" starts in CA and what do you know....it travels