The sweeping blackouts that struck California last summer are back with a vengeance; another heatwave, another scramble for reliable power.
The power rationing debacle that is plaguing Californians once again, is precisely what you’d expect when woolly-headed thinking overtakes sound engineering.
The state-wide blackout that struck in mid-August 2020, was put down by officials to an “unexpected loss of a 470-megawatt power plant Saturday evening, as well as the loss of nearly 1,000 megawatts of wind power,” the San Jose Mercury News reported. In addition, cloud cover over the desert meant solar energy was in short supply. For more see: Renewable Energy Reckoning: Wind & Solar Power Obsession Leaves Millions of Californians Sweltering In The Dark
Having deliberately trashed its own power supply, California is haranguing its neighbours to obtain electricity it would have had, had it not pinned its hopes to sunshine and breezes.
California Begs For…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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