The Carbon Value of San Onofre to the California Grid is Minimal.

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8. SO's closing seems to have induced a state of panic among nuclear deniers

which I suppose is predictable. But when their argument is a piece of shit, they think people aren't going to notice when they attempt to bury it with more. The Marc Jacobsen Renewables Jesus "If only 184 miracles fell into place at the same time" playbook.

The math is not complicated - it's exceedingly simple. That's what drives nucleophobes crazy, and why they have to resort to complicated theories of synchronous condensers and snowmelt and behind the meter generation:

"The San Onofre station, located near population hubs San Diego and Los Angeles, supplied about one-tenth of the state’s electricity needs, generating carbon-free electricity to the equivalent of 2.3 million homes each year. Meeting the same demand with natural gas, which emits roughly 1.12 lbs of CO2 per kWh, would generate an additional 17.7 billion lbs, or 8 million metric tons, of CO2.

In preparation for the closure, California’s grid operator (CAISO) added 2,502 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity in June, with 891 MW coming online this month. The majority of this new capacity has been gas-fired power plants. Solar and wind have contributed to the added capacity, but to a much smaller degree."

http://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/programs/energy-and-climate/san-onofre-nuclear-closure-to-boost-state-carbon-emissions-by-8-million-tons/

1.6 million cars, kristopher. All your layers of nonsense can't smother the stench of nuclear deniers' huge environmental turd.