Uku ndiko kudzima kwechina-uye kwakaipisisa-kusingakodzere zvachose kudzima kweNortheast mumakore makumi mana, kubva muna 1965.
Iwo chiyero-kubva kuDetroit kuenda kuOttawa kuenda kuNew York neNew Jersey-inotyisa chose, kunyanya nekuti imhaka yehupenzi hwakazara nehuwori.
Izvi hazviverenge kudzima kwakaitika muCalifornia muna 2000-2001. Idzo dzaive "matsotsi," akaiswa naEnron nemamwe maBush gas cronies kuti abvise mabhiriyoni makumi matanhatu emadhora kubva muhurumende, zvichikonzera, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, kudzingwa kwaGov. Gray Davis.
Mwenje padzakadzimwa, Davis akatsvoda tsoka dzeSouthern California Edison's John Bryson, uyo akagadzira bhiri rekudzora iro rakabvisa madhora bhiriyoni makumi matatu kubva kune vanobhadhara mutero weiyo nyika yakakundikana nukes. Izvi zvakavhura magedhi evapambi vegasi kuba imwezve mabhiriyoni makumi matanhatu emadhora. Davis akabatwa mumashure.
Vaparidzi munjodzi iyi yazvino yekuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva vakafanana- mabhero efossil uye simba renyukireya nemakoronyera avo mubhizimusi rekushandisa magetsi.
"Chombo" chavo igridi yemagetsi yekare isingachashandi kana isiri inonyadzisa. Ichi chishandiso chakashata cheRube Goldberg chinotakura zvine njodzi uye zvisingakwanisi ngoro dzakatenderedza magetsi kubva kumari inodhura, inosvibisa uye isina kuchengetedzeka zvakanyanya yepakati inogadzira zvirimwa kune zvivakwa izvo zvinopambadza hukuru hwesimba uye zvisingaite.
Kuti iyo grid ichapunzika zvakare uye zvakare uye zvakare zvakare ndeyechokwadi. Mubvunzo chete ndewokuti magandanga chaiwo ndivanaani: vanopenga vanoputika, kana zvido zvakadzika midzi zvinoramba kushanduka?
Tekinoroji yavepo kuti ipfuure nyonganiso iyi. Mukati ma1990s vamiriri vemagetsi egirini eCalifornia vakakurudzira 600-megawatt mosaic yezuva, mhepo uye mamwe majenareta anogona kudzokororwa angadai akadzivirira zvachose dambudziko rekunyepedzera re2000-1. Yakatenderwa neCalifornia Public Utilities Commission, asi yakauraiwa neSouthern California Edison uye Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Nhasi, Bush Administration inoda kuenderera mberi nekupa rubatsiro kushamwari dzefossil / utility ine simba rakaipa, uye nekudurura mabhiriyoni mu "kusimudzira" giredhi yemagetsi. Chinhu chega chechokwadi ndechekuti masendi ese emari iyoyo anoraswa.
Muna 1952 mushumo weBlue Ribbon kuna Harry Truman akafanotaura kuti ramangwana resimba reAmerica rakazorora nezuva. Yakafanotaura mamirioni gumi nematatu edzimba dzine simba rezuva pano panosvika 13, uye chivimbiso chekuzvimiririra, kunze kwegridi.
Pane kudaro, Dwight Eisenhower akatipinza mugomba re "Peace Atomu". Mabhiriyoni emadhora gare gare, isu tine hafu yezana remakore rekuputsika magidhi uye nukes ane njodzi ari panjodzi yehugandanga uye anofanirwa kuvhara chaiko paanenge achinyanya kudiwa, sezvavakaita panguva yekudzima kwazvino. Iyo yazvino Bush energy bhiri inongowedzera mamiriro ezvinhu, nerubatsiro rwakawanda rwenuke uye kusundidzira kune simba kwemafuta emafuta, kunyanya marasha.
Iyo yese system inoda deconstruction yakasvibira. Tekinoroji dzezuva dzakagadzirira kuita kuti simba rekuzvimirira rive chokwadi chinobatika. Photovoltaic masero pamatenga edzimba uye akaiswa mumahwindo anogona kugadzira magetsi asina grid, ane bhatiri kana mafuta-sero backups. Geothermal simba rinogona kupisa uye kutonhora pasina chinhu kunze kwesimba revhu. Methane digestion inogona kushandura marara kuita gasi rinoshandiswa. Basement jenareta anogona kushandisa biomass mafuta senge ethanol uye soya dhiziri yekuzvimiririra kunze kwegrid.
Aya masisitimu haafanire kupa 100% yesimba rechivako, asi zvishoma nezvishoma anogona kuita kuti vawedzere kuzviriritira. Zvichakadaro, kudziyisa, kuvheneka uye kutonhora kwakanyanya kunogona kuderedza kudiwa. Mahwindo anovhurika nekuvhara anogona kuenzanisa kushandiswa, kuvaka nekuvaka.
Bush's "kusimudzira gidhi" zvinoreva gomba remari nyowani dzekare dzisina kuchengetedzeka nukes, kusvibisa marasha emarasha uye gasi turbines ane mitengo yakaiswa ku skyrocketS (dzose dzakasungirirwa pamwe nengozi, waya dzinorasa dzinosungirwa kupunzika zvakare uye zvakare.
San Francisco yakashandisa chikamu chechisungo cheveruzhinji kuisa yekutanga yechizvarwa chitsva chemasero ezuva pamusoro peguta rayo reMoscone Center. Iwo maseru mamwe angadai akachengeta Madison Square Garden kana chero imwe Manhattan ichivaka uye ichimhanya panguva iyi yazvino kubuda. Ko New Yorkers vachaziva zviri nani nguva inotevera?
Iyo tekinoroji yeyakagadziriswa, solar-based power system yakagadzirira ikozvino. Hatidi tsvakiridzo yakakura.
Tinoda kudiwa neruzhinji uye mari yakakwana yekugadzira. Uye kurega kudzokorora zvikanganiso zvakafanana nekuti utility uye fossil / nuke vakomana vanopa mari kune vezvematongerwo enyika vari musimba.
Iyi haisi rocket science. Ingori pfungwa yakajairika yezuva, inozivikanwa kune vese kubvira 1952.
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