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Great reads if you’re interested in the era.
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He doesn't say he's unaware of the history, he says that despite the visible infrastructure he didn't realise it was still an oil town: > But before LA became Tinseltown, it was an oil town. And though the oil wells that loom even today atop the nearby Baldwin Hills should have been a clue, it never really dawned on me that LA still is
I have lived in LA my whole life and it pushes my suspension of disbelief a lot to hear a native say they didn’t realize that oil was still being extracted - the derricks are everywhere, not just on-shore either.
Huntington Beach located in Orange County, south of Los Angeles used to have oil wash up on the beach due to it seeping from the ocean bottoms. Signal Hill located near Long Beach California used to be completely covered with oil pumping rigs. Even in Long Beach close to PCH and 2nd street there are still active oil wells.
https://la.curbed.com/2018/9/28/17858248/history-long-beach-...
> but that was over 20 years ago. We’ve made scant progress. Ugh. At this moment, 74.2% of California’s electricity is coming from renewables, overwhelmingly solar. Nearly 8% of new cars sold in the US are electric, a similar number of total cars on the road are electric. In ten years it will be nearly 100%.
This link from 2021 says the net power consumed in CA was less than 34% renewables, and the in-state generated renewables are about the same.
https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/califo...
EDIT: pedantic physics moment. When I say "power" consumed I actually mean the time integral of power over the course of a year, i.e. energy, expressed as GWh
> but that was over 20 years ago. We’ve made scant progress. Ugh. At this moment, 74.2% of California’s electricity is coming from renewables, overwhelmingly solar. Nearly 8% of new cars sold in the US are electric, a similar number of total cars on the road are electric. In ten years it will be nearly 100%.
> 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
(Also, I wouldn't put hydro in the clean energy in CA)
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> 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
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)
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.
> but that was over 20 years ago. We’ve made scant progress. Ugh. At this moment, 74.2% of California’s electricity is coming from renewables, overwhelmingly solar. Nearly 8% of new cars sold in the US are electric, a similar number of total cars on the road are electric. In ten years it will be nearly 100%.
Are you sure? This link from 2021 says the net power consumed in CA was less than 34% renewables, and the in-state generated renewables are about the same. https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/califo... EDIT: pedantic physics moment. When I say "power" consumed I actually mean the time integral of power over the course of a year, i.e. energy, expressed as GWh
Data can be found here: https://www.caiso.com/todays-outlook/supply
It has gone up a couple of points since I posted.
I heard the movie business started there to get out of reach of enforcement of movie camera patents back east. If true that’s pretty ironic since the whole industry is built on IP rights.