<div dir="ltr">I've always said (relatively) small sized matter/antimatter or thorium pebble beds at each house, along with solar at each house at minimum has to happen and isn't up for debate. I guess the powers that be with more brain rot than fungi found on a wet log "know better" (*caugh NIMBY to cow-tow room temperature IQ caugh*)</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM Marcus Daniels <<a href="mailto:marcus@snoutfarm.com">marcus@snoutfarm.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg8782083941712041567"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_8782083941712041567WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">If there are a few more big fires caused by electrical distribution, perhaps people will demand that utilities facilitate microgrids? <br><br><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/la-county-pasadena-sierra-madre-sue-socal-edison-eaton-fire/story?id=119485447" target="_blank">https://abcnews.go.com/US/la-county-pasadena-sierra-madre-sue-socal-edison-eaton-fire/story?id=119485447</a><br><a href="https://www.utilitydive.com/news/wildfires-pushed-pge-into-bankruptcy-should-other-utilities-be-worried/588435/" target="_blank">https://www.utilitydive.com/news/wildfires-pushed-pge-into-bankruptcy-should-other-utilities-be-worried/588435/</a><br><br>PG&E has been busy undergrounding major lines. Of course, they and the CPUC have customers foot the bill after their bankruptcy. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Marcus<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(181,196,223);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Friam <<a href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com" target="_blank">friam-bounces@redfish.com</a>> on behalf of steve smith <<a href="mailto:sasmyth@swcp.com" target="_blank">sasmyth@swcp.com</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com" target="_blank">friam@redfish.com</a> <<a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com" target="_blank">friam@redfish.com</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [FRIAM] From Merle<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">On 3/6/25 9:35 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Another reason to go solar and have storage at home. Lots of sunny days in Santa Fe -- at least when there isn’t smoke from the fires. </span><u></u><u></u></p></div></blockquote><p>I'm a big fan of a (more) distributed grid... today the duststorms and the pilups of tumbleweeds would have been a problem as well.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div>.- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-..<br>
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