Those of us at UC Santa Cruz keep getting warnings of imminent shutoffs, which keep being postponed. There is a growing suspicion that PG&E is engaged in a form of blackmail, intended to motivate a public demand to accede to all of its bankruptcy demands and wishes (including smaller payouts to fire victims). There is, so far, no sign of the predicted Diablo winds that are supposed to trigger the shutoff.
All of this makes me thing the case for regional microgrids, operated by community power aggregators, is stronger than ever. At least then you would not have to shut down half of California in seeking to prevent another costly fire. Either utilities need to underground their transmission networks--extremely costly--or create subgrids that can be shut off independently as necessary. Otherwise, their asteroid is on its way. Ronnie On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 2:54 PM Charles Chester <[email protected]> wrote: > Kate, > > Your parenthetical coda was intriguing…please power up your computer while > you can (and obtain a satellite uplink, I guess) so you can send us > gep-eders some real-time updates from your (increasingly remote?) outpost > on the climate change front. > > You also inspired me to google <<california power outage climate change>>. > Some notable finds came up, including the first, which I thought most on > this email list would appreciate: > > Think California's Preemptive Blackouts Are Scary? Buckle Up > <https://earther.gizmodo.com/think-californias-preemptive-blackouts-are-scary-buckl-1838912490> > Good luck, > > Charlie Chester > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > GEP-guide.net <http://gep-guide.net> • BCI <http://batcon.org> • Y2Y > <http://Y2Y.net> • Brandeis > <http://www.brandeis.edu/programs/environmental/> • Fletcher > <https://sites.tufts.edu/cierp/> > > > > > On Oct 9, 2019, at 4:22 PM, Kate O'NEILL <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all, > > Please also pass along to your networks! (And direct any questions to > Professor Lockhart cc’d!) > > Apologies for the cross-postings, > > Best, > > Kate > > (For those who are curious: still waiting for the power to be turned off > in Berkeley… PG&E keep pushing back the time, but if it happens, they > estimate 48 hours-6 days) > > > > > Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics (Fordham University) > > The Department of Political Science invites applications for a tenure > track position in Comparative Politics at the Assistant Professor level, > beginning Fall 2020. The position is located at Fordham’s Lincoln Center > (Manhattan) campus. > > We are particularly interested in candidates in the field of comparative > environmental policy. A regional specialization focusing Asia or Latin > America is especially desired. 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