[FRIAM] International firm to invest $254M in ABQ hydrogen factory -- ABQ Journal

Sat Mar 12 19:09:15 EST 2022

I can't find any information about that via Google.  The last time I was in
California during the summer was in the early 80s and I thought I heard
about it on the local news.

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Frank C. Wimberly
140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
Santa Fe, NM 87505

505 670-9918
Santa Fe, NM

On Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 4:43 PM Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> In California during the summer they have had rolling blackouts or
> brownouts.  In the Bay Area I think they have had nuclear Naval vessels
> connect to the grid to help.  Naval reactors are small compared to power
> plant reactors but I guess even a little bit helps.
>
> ---
> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
> Santa Fe, NM 87505
>
> 505 670-9918
> Santa Fe, NM
>
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 4:38 PM Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:
>
>> Related to the climate change apocalypse, PG&E has Public Safety Power
>> Shutoffs that impact especially people that live in high fire risk areas.
>> People that have experienced shutoffs more than twice can get batteries
>> reimbursed. [1]
>>
>> With regard to the load balancing issue I was thinking more how I could
>> rationalize a purchase of a car using proceeds from my electricity sales
>> (as the car sits there).  Neighbors’ summer A/C surge powered by my car at
>> a high (but fair!) rate.
>>
>> [1]
>> https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/save-energy-money/savings-solutions-and-rebates/understand-the-solar-process.page
>>
>> On Mar 12, 2022, at 3:00 PM, David Eric Smith <desmith at santafe.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>> It seems like the sales pitch on this is always for emergency backup
>> power.  (And of course, Ford, advertising to Americans, will always go for
>> the (always-afraid, but still) he-man survivalist meme.)  But it seems that
>> at least a decade ago, and perhaps two, when the need for load balancing to
>> make wind or solar power at all compatible with current demand schedules,
>> it was proposed that all these EVs we would be building anyway, should just
>> be designed as part of the load-balancing capacity.  I am surprised I see
>> so little commentary about a system-level design for load balancing, using
>> anything that has batteries in it to minimize duplicating and then
>> under-utilizing storage capacity.
>>
>> Or maybe there is such language, and like much else, I just don’t follow
>> enough to know about it.
>>
>>
>> On Mar 13, 2022, at 2:41 AM, Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I totally don't need a pickup, but as the apocalypse approaches (pick
>> your favorite!) this is kind of cool.
>>
>>
>>
>> https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/03/californias-utility-will-begin-testing-ev-vehicle-to-grid-charging/
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of glen
>>
>> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2022 9:43 AM
>>
>> To: friam at redfish.com
>>
>> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: International firm to invest $254M in ABQ
>> hydrogen factory -- ABQ Journal
>>
>>
>> +1 Even though I have a pickup that I don't use as intended, my
>> experiments with the motorcycle and bicycle for everyday commuting have
>> failed for the most part. But I'd push for a compromise within a spectrum
>> of non-car solutions, a manifold approach like:
>>
>>
>> 1) ban all cars from downtown areas,
>>
>> 2) build bike-sized personal transport that doesn't depend on balanced
>> control,
>>
>> 3) optimize for multi-person transport between dense populations and
>> oft-traveled routes,
>>
>> 4) self-driving cars for diaspora into suburban/rural areas.
>>
>>
>> Bicycles/skateboards/scooters don't work for all sorts of reasons (sight,
>> balance, carpal tunnel, rain/snow/ice, freight, etc.). People movers only
>> work for some use cases. Etc. ≥4 person things like cars have obvious
>> problems, but also obvious use cases.
>>
>>
>> Part of the problem, of course, would be to get enough people on board,
>> to centralize the plan enough, to make it do any good ... for the climate
>> or whatever problems we're trying to solve.
>>
>>
>> On 3/11/22 09:30, cody dooderson wrote:
>>
>>
>> I think a global ban on automobiles would go a long way in GGE, without
>> having to resort to nuclear winter and massive population culling. I am
>> also a proponent of getting rid of automobiles because I am totally sick of
>> them. I would really like to be able to leave my house without having to
>> constantly dodge speeding hunks of metal.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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