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Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:14 am
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:14 am
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Utility projections for the amount of power they will need over the next five years have nearly doubled and are expected to grow, according to a review of regulatory filings by the research firm Grid Strategies.
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It is all happening at the same time the energy transition is steering large numbers of Americans to rely on the power grid to fuel vehicles, heat pumps, induction stoves and all manner of other household appliances that previously ran on fossil fuels. A huge amount of clean energy is also needed to create the green hydrogen championed by the White House, as developers rush to build plants that can produce the powerful zero-emissions fuel, lured by generous federal subsidies.
And maybe, just maybe, they should have thought this out. But instead, only now, the brain trust is waking up and smelling the coffee.
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Planners are increasingly concerned that the grid won’t be green enough or powerful enough to meet these demands.
Any person armed with basic knowledge and a brain could have predicted this.
Article is from WAPO, and it is here.
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Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:15 am to RanchoLaPuerto
It’s not “running out”
It’s being diverted to stupid shite
It’s being diverted to stupid shite
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:19 am to RanchoLaPuerto
Another one of those crazy "conspiracy theories" that have been proven to be true. We have been self-sabotaging our power grid for a couple decades by focusing on renewables.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:22 am to RanchoLaPuerto
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power grid to fuel vehicles, heat pumps, induction stoves and all manner of other household appliances that previously ran on fossil fuels.
Induction stoves are more efficient than traditional electric stoves, which is what the vast majority of households have.
The grid isn't being taxed by induction stoves lmao.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:24 am to RanchoLaPuerto
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induction stoves
Yeah, that's causing it
ETA
Damn you beat me to it!
This post was edited on 3/7/24 at 8:25 am
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:25 am to RanchoLaPuerto
Let's keep shutting down coal plants though...
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:25 am to RanchoLaPuerto
So....nuclear?
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:26 am to RanchoLaPuerto
Roll out the nuclear power plants
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:28 am to JohnnyKilroy
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This post was edited on 3/12/24 at 3:50 pm
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:30 am to RanchoLaPuerto
Maybe don't allow massive amounts of illegal aliens into the country.
"Oh wow, our grids can't handle an influx of 100 million people within a 30 year time span"
"Oh wow, our grids can't handle an influx of 100 million people within a 30 year time span"
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:32 am to JohnnyKilroy
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The grid isn't being taxed by induction stoves lmao.
When we lost power for two days in the TX Freeze 2021, we were damn glad to have a gas stove. It was 43 degrees inside my house, but we kept warm with blankets, gas fireplace (which doesn't give off nearly the same heat as a real wood one) and heating up hot liquids, as well as gumbo and soup from the freezer.
With an electric stove, I'd have had to be outside in the sub freezing weather trying heat shite up on my Bayou Classic.
People wanting to ban gas stoves fall into one of two categories:
1- Communists on power trips who believe they should have more control; or
2- Idiots who are brainwashed by those in #1 above.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:33 am to RanchoLaPuerto
I really loathe liberals and their shite... why cant they just move to a country that likes them
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:34 am to HeadSlash
Molten salt reactor fission plants are the future but no one wants to touch it because of the environmentalists.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:35 am to ragincajun03
Some people just prefer induction to gas, they're pretty awesome for their own reasons and they're actually more efficient than standard electric stoves. Neither one is taxing the grid in the same stratosphere as other things.
Gas is great too. Electric stoves blow mule penis though.
The author of the piece just did no research.
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I think electric stoves use like 1 kW to cook a meal and a Tesla takes like 100 kW to charge each night. Ford Lightning is a lot more than that.
Gas is great too. Electric stoves blow mule penis though.
The author of the piece just did no research.
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I think electric stoves use like 1 kW to cook a meal and a Tesla takes like 100 kW to charge each night. Ford Lightning is a lot more than that.
This post was edited on 3/7/24 at 8:39 am
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:36 am to RanchoLaPuerto
An industry insiderr told me Bitcoin Miners are a problem.
I'm sure the mass of illegals are a giant problem also.
I'm sure the mass of illegals are a giant problem also.
This post was edited on 3/7/24 at 8:37 am
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:37 am to LSUGrad2024
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Maybe don't allow massive amounts of illegal aliens into the country
This. Not to mention the strain of other infrastructure like housing, inflation, food supply, schools to overload, garbage increase, traffic increase, and government spending.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:37 am to RanchoLaPuerto
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America is running out of power
So is the President
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:39 am to Displaced
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Let's keep shutting down coal plants though...
Replace them with natural gas, 6x cleaner and we have a shite ton of it
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:46 am to ragincajun03
I would never support a ban on gas stoves. Just pointing out that the author of this article is talking out of his arse saying that induction stoves are a new, increased tax on the energy grid.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:53 am to Hennigan
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An industry insiderr told me Bitcoin Miners are a problem.
In China.
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