Summertime in California

[RWebb]

California Keeps Its Energy Cool in Summer Scorcher

[scottmandue]

Stupid commie phag Kalifornians!

Burning coal was good enough for our great, great, great grandfathers it should be good enough for us!

[sammyg2]

Yet when temperatures rose over a weeklong period to record highs throughout the Golden State—well above 110⁰F (43.3⁰C) in some places before the wave lifted July 5

Yeah, maybe in the frickin DESERT!
On the real bad days it got up to the low 90's in the basin, a little hotter in the valleys and IE.

[speeder]

All I know is that it's 78 deg w/ a cool breeze today and everyone on the east coast and Midwest is screaming bloody murder on FB about the heat. So we've got that.

[RWebb]

yes, I do smell some exaggerated .... doo-doo...

At 113 degrees, downtown L.A. hits all-time record high [Updated] - latimes.com

Sammy - why not pick something harder to check when you make these sorts of posts?


I know math isn't really your "thing" but 113 > 110

[Evans, Marv]

Yeah, well we're paying for the upgrades and I suspect the shut down of San Onofre. They supposedly have a $2.8B fund for decommissioning the plant, but I suspect Sempra Energy will make rate payers pay for it instead even with the politicians crowing about our rates not being raised to pay for it. I just got a letter not too long ago from them saying the rates are going up in September. According to it, if your bill is $100/mo. it will go up to $115/mo. If it's $250/mo. it will go up to $325/mo. Since my place is all electric, I hit a couple of winter (when nights get down into the 20's & low 30's) months over $400 and one of those over $450, so you can imagine what their premium will be on that.

[vash]

silver lining? my tomatoes kicked ass this year! just picked this a few minutes ago...making mexican shrimp cocktail..cuz it so GD hot, i cant turn on my stove..fricken summer..eff summer.

[RWebb]

I always hate to bring a thread back on topic, but the point is that natural Gas based power plants were able to ramp up to meet load demands, and are saving money in general -- all with lower greenhouse gas emissions than coal fired plants. Not to mention the output of neuro-toxins from coal plants.

[SteamWolf]

Dunno what you guys are complaining about? It was only a one-off wasn't it? Only lasted a week...

[britteep]

my tomatoes kicked ass this year! just picked this a few minutes ago

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by RWebb

I always hate to bring a thread back on topic, but the point is that natural Gas based power plants were able to ramp up to meet load demands, and are saving money in general -- all with lower greenhouse gas emissions than coal fired plants. Not to mention the output of neuro-toxins from coal plants.

And the state of Oklahoma appreciates your natural gas consumption.

We could produce a lot more if the demand was higher.

CNG is up a $1.19 per gallon at the local stations.