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Fascinating technical glimpse at the grid and how things go sideways once the dominoes start to fall.
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This piece caused me to reflect on a Stanford experience where I unabashedly demonstrated my gullibility/ignorance. It has proved to be a great and lasting experience.
The assignment was a “survival” case after an off course plane crash. Looking to gain an advantage, I recruited a faculty member from the medical school as our team’s strategic maven. As luck would have it, this medical expert didn’t know his butt from second base when the subject was outdoor survival. We lemmings followed the good doctor to the fastest death of anyone.
Now we have Bill Gates, a fellow who knows zip about energy policy and sees no benefit from diversified energy sources, telling us to go green, go electric.
I’ve learned my lesson. I’ll consider Gates perspective/opinions in regards to networking and operating systems. With regards to energy policy, not so much.
Here's a toast with one last pour, may it last forever and a minute more;
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Energy policy is indeed ridiculous. Just look at the electrification of California. A friend runs a boiler business–serious boilers. An extremely well known company in the Silicon Valley recently changed their plans to replace a planned 95% efficient gas boiler plant with a 95% electric boilers to be “green”.
What they didn’t add into the calculations is that California averages a 9% loss in transmission of electricity, and that the plants generating that electricity average less than 50% efficiency. Granted, not all of PGE’s power comes from fossil fuels, but if the percentage is anything but marginal, their decision was a net loss for the planet.
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