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Re:Before LA became Tinseltown, it was an oil town by throwup238 on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @02:46PM (#41112759)
> At this moment, 74.2% of California’s electricity is coming from renewables, overwhelmingly solar.

It's even better than that! The rest is mostly nuclear and hydro so at this moment only 12% of California's power supply produces significant amounts of CO2 [1].

[1] https://www.caiso.com/todays-outlook/supply

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Re:Before LA became Tinseltown, it was an oil town by fcccccbjjv on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @03:40PM (#41113342)
Unless I'm missing something this is the instantaneous generation, ie it needs to be averaged over 24hr (actually over the year) to get a real picture of CA's energy mix.

(Also, I wouldn't put hydro in the clean energy in CA)

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Re:Before LA became Tinseltown, it was an oil town by jvanderbot on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @03:54PM (#41113464)
It's a bit misleading to say Hydro doesn't tackle climate change, though it is environmentally unfriendly.

One particular political party loves to make jokes about "clean" energy, by conflating different definitions of clean. Generally, I think it's fair to say climate change is the biggest concern, so I am comfortable when "clean" or "green" refers to CO2 free.

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Re:Before LA became Tinseltown, it was an oil town by fcccccbjjv on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @11:22PM (#41116154)
My concern with California hydro is the water wastage. Nothing excuses the amount of water California wastes.
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