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  1. Re:Oil != electricity by Firethorn · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Bigger, Cheaper Solar Cells

    Where I live, in Southern California, I believe SCE generates our electricity from oil and natural gas. Oil comes from oilfields.

    You believe. Per SCE's site, it's "These resources include natural gas, a fossil fuel; falling water in hydroelectric plants; nuclear energy and renewable resources, like solar and wind."

    A coal plant was shut down 3 years ago, due to failure to obtain new permits, rendered uneconomical due to increased pollution control requirements.

    Oil is not listed.

    Natural gas comes from oilfields and natural gas fields.

    While NG does come from fields much like oil, it doesn't get shipped over here from the middle east. Production is domestic. Thus, engaging in wars overseas, for oil or not, won't have an effect on NG supplies.

    The WSJ article you link to is talking about direct, overt government subsidies. Those aren't the subsidies I'm talking about.

    Then which ones are you talking about? The ones where they aren't taxed like they should be for the environmental harm they cause? Or the portion of the military budget supposably spent to secure supplies?

  2. California by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5 · on LOTR Internet-Only Trailer

    It is 6:00 am. Your alarm is going off. Your first class is at 8:30.

    >get up
    It is 6:10 am. You have turned off your alarm.

    >take shower
    Halfway through your shower, Block B of Edison's interruptible load is taken offline.
    It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

    >grab towel
    You are in the shower, holding a somewhat wet towel. The shower is no longer hot but is still warm. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

    >turn off shower
    You are in the shower, holding a somewhat wet towel. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

    >dry off
    You dry off as quickly as you can using the wet towel.
    As soon as you finish, you are eaten by a group of racketeers of underregulated electricity.

  3. Personal Experience. by b0r1s · · Score: 1 · on Power Shortages And Tech Industry

    Southern california definately IS being affective. I live in claremont (30 miles east of LA), and we've been asked to shut down power 17 times already this summer ( http://www.scebiz.com/servlet/scc_adm?template=/so lutionscc/rates/i-6/history.tmpl )

  4. Watch the news, dumbshit by b0r1s · · Score: 1 · on Power Shortages And Tech Industry

    Apparently you live in a hole. Southern california is WORSE than northern california, we've been having these blackouts since the 115 degree heat of July ( http://www.scebiz.com/servlet/scc_adm?template=/so lutionscc/rates/i-6/history.tmpl - yes, that is 'sce' meaning SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON)... and what's worse, if you study that 'blocking history', you'll notice that its becoming more and more frequent. I can also tell you from personal experience its lasting longer and longer each time, meaning its losing its effectiveness. Soon, I'd be willing to bet that the general population will be experiencing rolling blackouts instead of only those on the I-6 plan.

  5. Watch the news, dumbshit by b0r1s · · Score: 1 · on Power Shortages And Tech Industry

    Apparently you live in a hole. Southern california is WORSE than northern california, we've been having these blackouts since the 115 degree heat of July ( http://www.scebiz.com/servlet/scc_adm?template=/so lutionscc/rates/i-6/history.tmpl - yes, that is 'sce' meaning SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON)... and what's worse, if you study that 'blocking history', you'll notice that its becoming more and more frequent. I can also tell you from personal experience its lasting longer and longer each time, meaning its losing its effectiveness. Soon, I'd be willing to bet that the general population will be experiencing rolling blackouts instead of only those on the I-6 plan.

  6. Edison's I-6 Plan by b0r1s · · Score: 1 · on Power Shortages And Tech Industry

    Southern california Edison employs the same plan, I believe, as their Northern california counterpart, where they allow large companies and schools to pay lower rates if they agree to shut down power IF the reserves ever run low. The fact that this is the first time for Intel surprises me, since its the 17th time for those of us in southern california.

  7. Edison's I-6 Plan by b0r1s · · Score: 1 · on Power Shortages And Tech Industry

    Southern california Edison employs the same plan, I believe, as their Northern california counterpart, where they allow large companies and schools to pay lower rates if they agree to shut down power IF the reserves ever run low. The fact that this is the first time for Intel surprises me, since its the 17th time for those of us in southern california.

  8. Interruptible power by jesser · · Score: 3 · on Power Shortages And Tech Industry
    My school is on interruptible power. This means that when the supply is low, we are told to shut off our power during part of the evening (which is when power consumption is highest); in return, we get substantially lower electricity rates.

    In a stage two emergency, they tell one or more blocks to shut off power during some part of the evening. (The evening is when power consumption is highest.) If we don't shut off our power, we get charged about 90 times as we normally do (from our lowered rate). This has happened about 10 times this semester (which is much higher than any other semester during the last 10 years).

    Since finals are next week, the school decided to leave power on for the dorms during the outages, but only leave emergency lights on in academics. This is costing a lot of money, so most students try to turn off their computers when they find out that our block is supposed to be interrupted.

    Btw, CA was at stage 3 for a while yesterday (pdf link), but I don't know if they actually started involuntary rolling blackouts.

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  9. ITS BEEN GOING ON IN SOUTHERN CA. by b0r1s · · Score: 1 · on Power Shortages And Tech Industry

    this isn't really new, its been going on since summer in southern california. ( Shutoff history for southern california ) My school is on the same plan (it was not forced on intel, companies are given the option to save money by going on the plan in case of emergencies), and we've been blacked out about 15 times since school started in August. Lately its gotten so bad that the school has choosen to pay the $7.50/kwh fee to keep power ON so students can prepare for finals.