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Old 02-28-2024, 12:45 PM   #322
MikeB
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Re: More on EVs from a guy trying to sell them

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Originally Posted by TimUK View Post
Our grid in CA struggles during the summer as it is. Right now the State wants to ban gas furnaces and gas ranges and switch everyone to electric. Don't get me started on that.....
With exceptions for state buildings and politicians' homes, no doubt!

Where do those idiots expect electrical power to come from? Even ultra-liberal France has 50+ nukes.

I still remember Enron guys laughing at California for intentionally (and inexplicably) not locking-in low rates, and their dependence on the national grid for 25%-33% of their power. That was more than 20 years ago, and apparently CA politicians are still searching for a fairy dust solution.
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