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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1256976)	8/25/2020 7:14:07 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Recommended By Mick Mørmøny Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575154

Exactly what I'm saying, Wharfie. It's the usual excuses: The remedy, California Independent System Operator CEO Steve Berberich told reporters, is “*an overbuild of renewables and a fairly extensive deployment of batteries*.” In other words, the state needs more clean power, not less. Yes, the old "battery" excuse, which I already brought up in my last Tenchu's Thoughts: Yet the renewable energy advocates remain in denial and are hoping that battery technology will help fill the void. Fine, but until someone invents a better coppertop, you don't shut down fossil fuel generation in state just to meet arbitrary carbon emission goals. That's pointless except to virtue-signal to the entire world how "green" California is. And the "overbuild" Steve Berberich is talking about? More solar panels won't do jack when the sun is setting. More windmills aren't going to cut it when the wind isn't blowing. And the "overbuild" is going to be expensive, both initially and maintenance-wise. It was indeed renewables that caused California's blackouts. You know, the very blackouts that you claimed didn't happen. That was caused by record demand that you claim isn't the "new normal." And now the old excuse, "The failure of a solution just means we didn't have enough of it." You can remain in denial all you want. You have good company here in California. Tenchusatsu