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To: FJB who wrote (929955)	4/11/2016 3:46:36 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1573092

Fubho, to address one of the points in your post: What Will California Do With Too Much Solar? This title is somewhat misleading. California doesn't have too much solar energy. The problem is distribution and the ramping down of existing power generation whenever the power generated by solar panels kick in. For example, why keep the natural gas power plants running at full capacity while there is an excess of solar energy? The reason is because apparently they can't just be turned on and off at a whim. Also, why do we keep importing energy during those hours when there is an excess of solar energy? A lot of these issues have to solved via civil engineering, but given that utilities are highly regulated, innovation will come at a snail's pace. You're likely to see California's high-speed rail to nowhere completed before we ever develop a "smart energy grid" here. Tenchusatsu