CA runs on 97% renewable energy/defund gas dictators like putin

[cbabe]

California briefly runs on 97% renewable energy, showing a future in which oil and gas dictators like Putin are defunded

California’s energy mix was powered 97% by renewable energy on Sunday, April 3 at at 3:39 p.m., the highest contribution of renewables to the state’s grid on record, according to David Knowles at Yahoo News.

Although the milestone lasted only for a brief time, it points to a future in which California runs on 100% wind, solar, hydro and batteries, a future that will certainly arrive even faster than the state plans. As it is, California is ahead of its green energy goals.

The implication of these plans is that California intends to phase out methane gas as a source of power. The state is also trying to electrify transportation. A world of 100% green energy and electric cars is not only a healthier and more comfortable world, it is a world where oil and gas dictators like Vladimir Putin are defunded.

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https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/04/21/california-briefly-runs-on-97-renewable-energy-showing-a-future-in-which-oil-and-gas-dictators-like-putin-are-defunded/

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Incredible

97% amazing.

[cbabe]

2. The future is here.

[BComplex]

5. This is how European countries are going to find their way out of fascist dictators holding them

hostage to fossil fuels!! I hope they start going full bore into green energy as a result of this very difficult lesson in control by the oil/gas companies. After we've seen what russia does with nuclear power plants, I'm also hopeful we get away from those, as well. They seem to be tweeked into being weapons of mass deadly pollution.

[Mr.Bill]

6. Defund OPEC. n/t

[hunter]

7. All those renewable energy projects are worthless without natural gas...

... for the simple reason the sun doesn't always shine and the wind doesn't always blow. There are no feasible power storage schemes capable of solving this problem.

This "renewable energy" will only prolong our dependence on natural gas.

Aggressive renewable energy schemes in places like California, Denmark, and Germany have failed.

In Germany the consequences have been catastrophic. Germany hasn't been able to quit coal, and the money they spend on Russian fossil fuels, especially natural gas, is funding Russia's war against Ukraine.

You can follow California's energy mix here:

http://www.caiso.com/TodaysOutlook/Pages/supply.html

At this moment about 25% of our electricity is being generated in gas fueled power plants. That percentage will increase as the sun goes down.

[nwliberalkiwi]

8. What's to Be Done

Well shit let's just give up!!!

[hunter]

9. Here's an interactive map of carbon intensity in Europe.

https://app.electricitymap.org/zone/FR

France closed its last coal mine twenty years ago, something Germany hasn't been able to do.

I used to be an anti-nuclear activist. Now I'm not.

Here's one of my recent posts:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2905967

[hunter]

10. Yep, sun is down, California is now getting 45% of its electricity from natural gas.

This happens every day and adding more solar panels won't fix it.