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Cleita

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17. We do not need to build gas powered plants.
Wed Nov 19, 2014, 11:47 AM
Nov 2014

We have the technology for clean renewable energy and many smart people have made blue prints as to how it could be done in place of Diablo, but Duke Energy and PG & E fight it, like insurance companies fight us having single payer or even a public option.

What we need is a Department of Water & Power that is run by the County of San Luis Obispo like is done down south. It would then be non-profit so it would do the best options to taking care of our electrical needs not looking for profits at the expense of our safety.

I know the publicists for PG & E are really good at serving up the Kool-Aid because I find a lot of people spout the same meme you are right here especially those employed by them or doing business with them but it's just a bunch of propaganda.

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Esteemed Diablo Canyon nuclear plant? upaloopa Nov 2014 #1
I'm with you and I was being sarcastic. Cleita Nov 2014 #2
Maybe they could work in the renewable upaloopa Nov 2014 #3
Solar is getting popular but not with PG & E. There's nothing to charge Cleita Nov 2014 #6
Exactly what is the Diablo Canyon Plant doing to ruin the Central Coast? Do you even know? NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #4
Yes, I know how safe it is from earthquakes. All the studies made by PG & E say so. Cleita Nov 2014 #5
Gunderson? Well. Anyway, DCPP is like a Tesla compared to the Yugo that was Fukushima. NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #7
Diablo is going to be around until it's no longer around. Cleita Nov 2014 #8
I don't think it will be around that long. They could easily convert it to natural gas. NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #9
Everybody says Diablo is higher, but a large earthquake will Cleita Nov 2014 #10
Because solar would never work out here. KamaAina Nov 2014 #12
It'll be a while, but solar works really well in the central valley. NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #14
So instead of renewing the permits, why not decommission it now? Cleita Nov 2014 #15
If you don't mind building new gas fired power plants, then we take it off line. NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #16
We do not need to build gas powered plants. Cleita Nov 2014 #17
Sure, it could feasibly be done, enough solar and wind, but the regulatory hurdles slow it down. NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #18
It is more complicated than can be expressed in single posts. Cleita Nov 2014 #19
You know what else works well in the Central Valley? Irrigation. KamaAina Nov 2014 #20
Mayor Quimby lost?! KamaAina Nov 2014 #11
LOL! eom Cleita Nov 2014 #13
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