All of which he determined with a flawed computer model. There is no accurate information regarding climate or the volume of water present during the dinosaurs time. So the models are built from sheer conjecture.
Competition is really heating up. This looks like it will be a really nice truck.
Yes I must admit I was at one time fully immersed in the anti-nuke camp. Science and engineering are proving that not only is nuclear energy safe but there will be less radioactive waste produced as the fissionable materials can be further utilized for energy production. Nuclear will allow renewables to catch up with oil making the eventual switch to all electric vehicles as painless as possible.
Good news for battery production.
Bad news for the environment. Mining in this country can never compete with child labor overseas.
Interesting article, I use Nest products and wish they were implementing this type of program in my area.
I suppose the homes better be well insulated to heat or cool in advance of the "big peak demands”,
From link:
To get a free thermostat, customers must choose from a variety of rate plans and incentives that allow the companies to shift their power use.
These plans can shave down customer utility bills — and help the grid weather moments of extreme stress. During heatwaves or cold snaps, Renew Home can automatically adjust thermostat settings to pre-cool or pre-heat homes before demand for grid electricity reaches its peak, and then dial down power use when demand surges. Remote-control “smart plug” switches can also temporarily turn off refrigerators, clothes dryers, and other major household loads.
The poco’s have been trying to do this for 40 + years, 95% that I see are disconnected. They want control for a $5.00 month discount. No thank you!
Just a sign of the times I suppose:
Exodus by Wall Street banks from climate group worries advocates
I’m amazed they haven’t already flipped the switch to solar after what they went through after Hurricane Maria back in 2017.
California leading the way once again.
From your article.
Batteries supplied up to 12% of nighttime demand by storing and redistributing excess solar energy.
I can envision a future where batteries may run many businesses at night (such as production), reducing daytime demand and potentially easing commuter traffic.
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The authors don’t mention anything about the significant carbon-free contribution of California’s sole nuclear plant.
Also, they don’t really make it clear that fossil fuels never drop to zero for California….only that WWS exceed demand (which means excess goes to battery for evening use).
It also doesn’t mention anything about the terrible change that killed off net metering, largely curtailing rooftop solar. We could have done even better.
I agree, especially since I have stock in two SS battery companies that I’m hoping will be among the first out of the gate with workable SS batteries. 
There will never be enough batteries. There are not enough minerals on the planet to make the required batteries. Battery production is a major polluter including CO2 emissions. Which begs the question, “Why Bother?” You are not making anything better, you are just ceding more control to government.
“Green Energy” is an oxymoron!
Do you still own stock in buggy whip manufacturing companies? How about in coal companies?
The internal combustion engine has run its course, and although it’s been refined over the decades to be more efficient, the fact is, it’s still 19th century technology, and is on its way out, and probably would have been long ago had it not been for the oil companies preventing it.
Explain how we’re “ceding more control to government” by engineering more powerful, more efficient, and cleaner technologies to provide power into the future. That doesn’t make sense.
You ever watch star Trek, Bob? If you did, I bet you thought those little handheld communication devises were pretty cool. I know I did, but I never thought I would own one, let alone have a handheld devise (my phone) that has millions of times more computing power than Apollo Guidance computer that guided the Apollo missions to the moon and back.
Do you think cowboys in the 1850s ever thought we’d have nuclear powered aircraft carriers that house nearly 60 to 80 aircraft that fly and land off their decks and that need 6,000 people to operate?
You can continue to poo poo it all you want, but the tech is moving forward, with or without us Bob, and with the exception of nuclear annihilation, there’s not a thing you, I, or anyone else can do to stop it.
Equinor has secured $3 billion to finance New York’s Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm, which will provide power for 500,000 homes when it comes online in 2027.