[ExI] The Futurism of Elon Musk

[spike at rainier66.com]

> On Behalf Of Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] The Futurism of Elon Musk

 

On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 11:25 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

 

 

From: spike at rainier66.com <mailto:spike at rainier66.com>  <spike at rainier66.com <mailto:spike at rainier66.com> > 

Sure, we have power shortages now, particularly at sunset on hot days, but… there is a solution to that, and Mr. Musk will sell it to us.

 

>…You wouldn't need a solution if your state faced the reality of its energy needs and balanced them appropriately against the unreliability of a heavily "green" solar/wind grid… Dylan

 

 

Hi Dylan, 

 

Oy vey.  I have a family member in Southern Cal who is sick, has to deal with this:

 

 <https://twitter.com/MayorOfLA> 

 <https://twitter.com/MayorOfLA> MayorOfLA

 <https://twitter.com/MayorOfLA> @MayorOfLA

 

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 <https://twitter.com/MayorOfLA/status/1302726251371667457> 22h

It’s almost 3 p.m. Time to turn off major appliances, set the thermostat to 78 degrees (or use a fan instead), turn off excess lights and unplug any appliances you’re not using. We need every Californian to help conserve energy. Please do your part. 

 

 

https://twitter.com/MayorOfLA/status/1302726251371667457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1302790577575133186%7Ctwgr%5E393535353b636f6e74726f6c <https://twitter.com/MayorOfLA/status/1302726251371667457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1302790577575133186%7Ctwgr%5E393535353b636f6e74726f6c&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fdirectorblue.blogspot.com%2F> &ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fdirectorblue.blogspot.com%2F

 

 

So… why not encourage (with tax incentives?) well-off proles to buy Teslas and Power Walls, then use those to help carry the load rather than these absurd rolling blackouts?

 

Aside: when California had those rolling blackouts in about 2000 and 2001, someone built a natural gas peaker plant:  

 

https://ww2.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/losesteros2/index.html

 

What I heard is that they had planned and had pre-approved a second phase which would require one of those hourglass-shaped cooling towers (like you see in Mr. Burns’ nuke plant in Springfield) but the locals found ways to block that from being built (because it looks too nuclear):

 

https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Springfield_Nuclear_Power_Plant#:~:text=The%20Springfield%20Nuclear%20Power%20Plant,mainly%20Homer's%20work%20place.

 

Without that second-phase tower, the natural gas plant was too inefficient and went outta business.

 

Now we are back to rolling blackouts.

 

The reason I posted that tweet from the LA mayor: why would anyone need to unplug unused appliances?  If they are unused, what difference would it make if they were plugged in?

 

spike

 

 

 

 

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