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Updating California’s grid for EVs may cost up to $20 billion (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well and the "solution" touted by other offices was the setup a low interest loan getup for gas and oil to setup more power plants. You know, but not renewables.

The hand out is blatantly obvious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

If you're talking extra plants for redundancy when power fluctuates, there's really now way to do that with renewables. Maybe giant battery stations, but that's about it.