I’m glad that I have lived to see Trump convicted – he’s now a convicted felon. I’m sad that my sister didn’t live long enough to see Trump become a convicted felon.
Archive for the ‘state government’ Category:
2024-05-15 Reconductoring Transmission Lines
Good article a few months old. JHAT recently had this reconductoring topic. This article also describes the Heimdall Ball temperature monitoring. One thing that has not been talked about is the use of BESS – battery energy storage systems – to reduce the peak load on the transmission lines. That’s what they did in Australia
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2024-05-12 Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity
This link to the article is supposed to be free, and *not* behind a paywall. This well-researched article is a good article, with some statements that are disputable. One example is that they state that lithium batteries are flammable. The LFP cells now used in battery storage systems are low to not flammable. There are
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2024-05-01 By 2030, 95% of US Car Miles Will Be Traveled By Self-Driving Electric Vehicles
I’ve probably already blogged this, but it deserves to be reprised because it is so important. Tony Seba and RethinkX made this prediction in this report, dated 2017, available at the link below. It’s been seven years since this report was released and recently there has been large incremental improvements in the autonomous self-driving systems.
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2024-04-31 S. C.’s V. C. Summer Nukegate Scandal
Cost overruns from $9 Billion to $25 Billion, most of which customers will have to pay with higher bills. Construction delays of many years costing Billions of dollars. Executives convicted and served terms in federal prison. Incompetent nuclear engineering and Westinghouse bankruptcy. And the whole project was abandoned. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nukegate_scandal?ref=floodlightnews.org
2024-04-16 California 100% Renewables for 30 Days!
That’s great news! One thing I just remembered is that the nuclear power plants (Diablo Canyon, Palo Verde) usually shut down for maintenance in the spring when demand is lowest. Otherwise they normally run 24/7 and there wouldn’t be any time during the day when it would be 100% renewables. https://electrek.co/2024/04/15/renewables-met-100-percent-california-energy-demand-30-days/
2024-04-12 Florida GOP Operative Admits Role In ‘Ghost’ Candidate Scheme That Defeated Utility-targeted Dem
Dark money supported 3rd party candidates who siphoned off votes from Democrats, giving Republicans state congressional seats. This money came from Florida Power & Light. It was meant to defeat those who supported clean renewable energy. https://floodlightnews.org/florida-gop-ghost-candidate/?ref=im-a-reader-newsletter
2024-04-11 Illegal Abortions Kill Women!
Before 1972, when Roe v. Wade took effect, this was what happened. Women died from illegal abortions when they got sepsis AKA blood poisoning. After Roe V. Wade doctors were no longer penalized for giving necessary medical procedures. Now that Roe V. Wade was struck down, in some states they have gone back to the
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2024-04-07 Esbjerg Changes To Heat Pump City Heating System
The city of Esbjerg, Denmark is replacing its coal fired city heating system with an amazing giant heat pump, biomass boilers and waste burning boilers. The refrigerant is CO2. Read the description. This is a long 43 minutes but is very comprehensive and interesting. The cost is about 40 million Euros.
2024-04-06 Study Shows EVs Do What They Promise – Lower CO2, Pollution
UC Berkeley study. UC Berkeley study confirms that yes, EVs do what they promise to do
