[ExI] silly yanks

[William Flynn Wallace]

And, of course, the grid must be maintained so that fallen cables don't
start wildfires.    Will someone explain to me why electrical cables are
not buried?   bill w

On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 5:13 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> ...> On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat
> Subject: Re: [ExI] silly yanks
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> On Mon, 5 Sept 2022 at 20:52, spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > BillK, no particular significance, just having a little fun at our own
> > expense (literal expense in this case.)
> >
> > The big heat wave arrived, and the city is urging residents to turn up
> the thermostats, sit still don’t charge the numerous Teslas etc.
> >...  Our tax dollars at play... Silly yanks, sheesh.
> >
> > spike
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> >...Yes, that is something to bear in mind when converting all cars to
> electric power.
> The grid has to be able to handle the load and there must be generating
> capacity available to feed into the grid.
> And, of course, the grid must be maintained so that fallen cables don't
> start wildfires.
> As with all decisions, there are consequences, not all of which are
> foreseen.  BillK
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> Ja BillK, if nothing else, it should make Germany feel less silly, seeing
> the USA making the same mistakes: trying to transition to green power too
> quickly, and doing it via legislation rather than market forces.  We
> foresee failure.
>
> For instance, most of us can see that eventually we will need nukes, a lot
> of them.  We know how long it takes to build those things, but that is
> under best-case conditions.  It is much harder to predict how long it takes
> if easily-imaginable what-ifs occur, such as... the French expertise in
> that field do not want to come to the states even for a temporary duty, so
> we can't get enough nuke engineers.  And what if... the no-nukes crowd is
> able to tie it up in court for years?
>
> It is easy enough for me to see that a lotta Tesla drivers will be told to
> not charge many, and perhaps most days.
>
> spike
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