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Government Corruption
Just Days After Phasing Out New Gas Cars, California Says "Avoid Charging EVs" Amid Grid Emergency
2022-09-01
[ZERO] Update (1820ET): Shortly after 1800ET, just as Californians begin to head home for the day, the California Independent System Operator issued a level-1 energy emergency alert shortly after tapping all its available power supplies.

Despite earlier warnings to reduce usage, Californians - in all their self-righteous virtue - decided to charge their EV anyway, pushing demand above capacity
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  Does that include LA's $1.2million electric fire engine?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-09-01 17:34  

#4  Schooners hell SH! Make them row boats.
Posted by: AlanC   2022-09-01 16:11  

#3  Ban their yachts and make them sail schooners.
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-09-01 15:04  

#2  ..man, that's going leave one heck of a ring around the Pacific.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-09-01 08:07  

#1  And although a false alarm, how would the empty-battery EV owners leave when that evacuation signal was sent yesterday?
California should just slide into the ocean now and spare us any more drama.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2022-09-01 07:55  

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