re: #311 engineer dog

wind power

diversification makes for robust systems

our overwhelming reliance on oil and coal makes our energy infrastructure fragile

The southwest had a near disaster a few weeks ago. It started in El Paso and spread all the way to Tucson and Taos. Demand for heat jumped when the temperature dropped unseasonably, pressure dropped in the natural gas lines, and they couldn’t keep electricity generation up high enough, which made the gas problem worse, which made the electric problem worse, etc… They’re still investigating and pointing fingers over it.