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cbabe

(4,166 posts) Thu Apr 21, 2022, 01:31 PM Apr 2022

CA runs on 97% renewable energy/defund gas dictators like putin

California briefly runs on 97% renewable energy, showing a future in which oil and gas dictators like Putin are defunded

California’s energy mix was powered 97% by renewable energy on Sunday, April 3 at at 3:39 p.m., the highest contribution of renewables to the state’s grid on record, according to David Knowles at Yahoo News.

Although the milestone lasted only for a brief time, it points to a future in which California runs on 100% wind, solar, hydro and batteries, a future that will certainly arrive even faster than the state plans. As it is, California is ahead of its green energy goals.

The implication of these plans is that California intends to phase out methane gas as a source of power. The state is also trying to electrify transportation. A world of 100% green energy and electric cars is not only a healthier and more comfortable world, it is a world where oil and gas dictators like Vladimir Putin are defunded.

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CA runs on 97% renewable energy/defund gas dictators like putin (Original Post) cbabe Apr 2022 OP

Incredible bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #1

The future is here. cbabe Apr 2022 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Anon-C Apr 2022 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author cbabe Apr 2022 #4

This is how European countries are going to find their way out of fascist dictators holding them BComplex Apr 2022 #5

Defund OPEC. n/t Mr.Bill Apr 2022 #6

All those renewable energy projects are worthless without natural gas... hunter Apr 2022 #7

What's to Be Done nwliberalkiwi Apr 2022 #8

Here's an interactive map of carbon intensity in Europe. hunter Apr 2022 #9

Yep, sun is down, California is now getting 45% of its electricity from natural gas. hunter Apr 2022 #10

bucolic_frolic

(47,005 posts)

1. Incredible

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Thu Apr 21, 2022, 01:43 PM

Apr 2022

97% amazing.

cbabe

(4,166 posts)

2. The future is here.

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Thu Apr 21, 2022, 01:47 PM

Apr 2022

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BComplex

(9,078 posts)

5. This is how European countries are going to find their way out of fascist dictators holding them

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Thu Apr 21, 2022, 01:59 PM

Apr 2022

hostage to fossil fuels!! I hope they start going full bore into green energy as a result of this very difficult lesson in control by the oil/gas companies. After we've seen what russia does with nuclear power plants, I'm also hopeful we get away from those, as well. They seem to be tweeked into being weapons of mass deadly pollution.

Mr.Bill

(24,795 posts)

6. Defund OPEC. n/t

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Thu Apr 21, 2022, 03:12 PM

Apr 2022

hunter

(38,937 posts)

7. All those renewable energy projects are worthless without natural gas...

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Thu Apr 21, 2022, 04:13 PM

Apr 2022

... for the simple reason the sun doesn't always shine and the wind doesn't always blow. There are no feasible power storage schemes capable of solving this problem.

This "renewable energy" will only prolong our dependence on natural gas.

Aggressive renewable energy schemes in places like California, Denmark, and Germany have failed.

In Germany the consequences have been catastrophic. Germany hasn't been able to quit coal, and the money they spend on Russian fossil fuels, especially natural gas, is funding Russia's war against Ukraine.

You can follow California's energy mix here:

http://www.caiso.com/TodaysOutlook/Pages/supply.html

At this moment about 25% of our electricity is being generated in gas fueled power plants. That percentage will increase as the sun goes down.

nwliberalkiwi

(373 posts)

8. What's to Be Done

Reply to hunter (Reply #7)

Thu Apr 21, 2022, 05:40 PM

Apr 2022

Well shit let's just give up!!!

hunter

(38,937 posts)

9. Here's an interactive map of carbon intensity in Europe.

Reply to nwliberalkiwi (Reply #8)

Thu Apr 21, 2022, 06:40 PM

Apr 2022

https://app.electricitymap.org/zone/FR

France closed its last coal mine twenty years ago, something Germany hasn't been able to do.

I used to be an anti-nuclear activist. Now I'm not.

Here's one of my recent posts:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2905967

hunter

(38,937 posts)

10. Yep, sun is down, California is now getting 45% of its electricity from natural gas.