[ExI] moss landing fire

[spike at rainier66.com]

Ordinarily I would send a link to a news story, but the San Jose Mercury
thinks they can survive behind a paywall.  I do not subscribe, but the Merc
occasionally offers a free story they are trying to promote, such as this
one, which is of particular interest to me for a reason: potential profit.

 

I paddled a kayak out on those wildlife-rich marshes a few weeks ago to see
it for myself, in preparation for investment.  It was also for fun: went six
miles up into that slough, out to the end of it.  Lotsa cool wildlife up
there, natural beauty, birds, fish, unspoiled open spaces, Mother Nature,
all that kinda crap.  

 

After that kayak trip, I lost my nerve, realizing the redevelopment effort
is risky: the environmentalists could kill that dead.  It was clear before I
even knew SJSU was studying it.  Looks like I was right on the money.

 

The Moss Landing location is superb and the existing powerline
infrastructure makes it compelling as all get out.  But. there it sits, on
one of the major estuaries in Monterey Bay.

 

The existing facility didn't take what looks like easily implemented
fireproofing measures, such as I suggested a few weeks ago: batteries on
rolling platforms to isolate a thermal runaway (that woulda been relatively
easy to do (certainly cheap and easy compared to the costs they now face as
a consequence of not doing them.))  About a year ago, Moss Landing
demonstrated how bad an idea it is to build that kind of facility without
such measures next to an environmentally sensitive waterway.

 

Now. it might be too late to make money there.  From looking over this SJSU
study, it reinforced what I had already tentatively concluded: the Moss
Landing facility is an investment no-fly zone.

 

Damn.

 

spike

 



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