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2 months ago
in Attention Greens and Geeks: Time for an Energy Revolution on The Technology Liberation Front
"the grid is unable to properly handle newer and cleaner sources of energy such as solar and wind"
Is it the grid that can't handle them or the can't handle providing energy via the grid?
Is it the grid that can't handle them or the can't handle providing energy via the grid?
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Steve R.
Regretfully this article is "blowing smoke" and lacks any real analysis of how our electrical grid become deficient. This article seems to be based the sentence that "PG&E needs approval from the government just to buy from a new and cleaner power source." Somehow this illogically assertion morphs into the concept that government control has resulted in an archaic electrical grid.
Who you buy your electricity from is a separate issue from having an functioning innovative electrical grid. The whole purpose of this article is to somehow imply that the government created this problem. Maybe government shares some blame in the state of our electrical grid, but the absolute glaring oversight of this article concerns the power plant managers. It is the responsibility of the power plant operators, not the government to operate the plants. It appears that Sonia's is simply attempting to find fault with the government, while overlooking the possibility that the power plant managers are at fault for the failure to design a proper grid.
We live in a rural area, where the power goes out routinely. The back-up systems have worked. When power was cut-off as a result of hurricanes the power was quickly restored. So I am thinking that Sonia's claim that the utility companies don't know what is going on is way overblown and without merit. Not only that, but Sonia has failed to discuss the fiasco of deregulation that allowed Enron to almost destroy our electrical distribution system.
Please note, I have not extensively studied the problems with our grid so my credibility is no better than Sonia's. However, I did undertake a quick internet search, and here is one article that I picked more or less at random. The U. S. electric grid: will it be our undoing? by Gail E. Tverberg. This article provides much more credible analysis than Sonia's post.
Who you buy your electricity from is a separate issue from having an functioning innovative electrical grid. The whole purpose of this article is to somehow imply that the government created this problem. Maybe government shares some blame in the state of our electrical grid, but the absolute glaring oversight of this article concerns the power plant managers. It is the responsibility of the power plant operators, not the government to operate the plants. It appears that Sonia's is simply attempting to find fault with the government, while overlooking the possibility that the power plant managers are at fault for the failure to design a proper grid.
We live in a rural area, where the power goes out routinely. The back-up systems have worked. When power was cut-off as a result of hurricanes the power was quickly restored. So I am thinking that Sonia's claim that the utility companies don't know what is going on is way overblown and without merit. Not only that, but Sonia has failed to discuss the fiasco of deregulation that allowed Enron to almost destroy our electrical distribution system.
Please note, I have not extensively studied the problems with our grid so my credibility is no better than Sonia's. However, I did undertake a quick internet search, and here is one article that I picked more or less at random. The U. S. electric grid: will it be our undoing? by Gail E. Tverberg. This article provides much more credible analysis than Sonia's post.
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