Tesla sold more cars of any kind than all other carmakers other than Toyota and Honda in California in the third quarter of 2021. California passed 10% for EV sales in the third quarter. Passing 10% for EVs for total car sales seems to be a major milestone. Norway went from 10% EV sales to …
The Shasta County District Attorney’s Office has filed a total of 31 criminal charges against PG&E. The 2020 Zogg Fire killed four people. There are felony charges for sparking the 2020 Zogg Fire through criminal negligence and four counts of involuntary manslaughter. The charges also include enhancements for injury to a firefighter who was paralyzed …
There were traffic jams throughout most of South Lake Tahoe Monday afternoon as the city is evacuated ahead of the Caldor Fire. 20,000 people live in South Lake Tahoe. There will be a red flag warning for gusting winds that are expected to last until 11 p.m. Wednesday. Highways 50, 88 and 89 all closed …
The Caldor Fire is 11% contained and is threatening Lake Tahoe. The Caldor Fire is about 126,000 acres and is smaller than the Dixie Fire (734,000 acres). The Caldor Fire is the number one priority with over 2,100 firefighters, 22 helicopters, 50 fire crews and 200 fire trucks. Winds have shifted and are pushing the …
The Dixie Fire is now over 434,000 acres and destroyed the town of Greenville last night. Greensville, California has a population of 817. Taylorsville was just evacuated with a population of 198. The #DixieFire is now the 3rd largest fire in CA history at 434,000 acres. There will be triple digit temperatures in many parts …
The Prediction site Predictit Gives Youtuber Kevin Paffrath (aka Meet Kevin), a 9% chance to replace Gavin Newsom as governor of California. Kevin is knowledgable about business and technology and is willing to do the work. He has creative solutions. Kevin Paffrath has said he would declare four States of Emergency on Day 1: * …
Rural China has a better power grid than Northern California. Rural China power outages in 2019 averaged 900 minutes while Northern California had 2019 power outages of over 1300 minutes. Rural China has per capita income of less than $3000 per person (16000 RMB). California has per capita GDP of over $70,000. Californians are over …
Giant clouds are hanging over California and blotting out the sun. Pyrocumulonimbus clouds are a type of cumulonimbus cloud that forms above a source of heat, such as a wildfire. The size and frequency of California wildfires are due to the incompetent management of California’s forests and electrical grid. The recent Creek Fire is creating …
There were scenes in the movie Blade Runner 2049 where the sky was orange. This is now a reality today in California. Blade Runner 2049 was trying to show a dystopia. Here are the pictures and video from California today. The Skies of Mordor in Lord of the Rings were smokey and orange as well. …
California customers have over 20 times the annual minutes of power outage as electrical customers in France. California has over 200 times the annual minutes of power outage as electrical customers in Japan. California customers have three times more annual minutes of power outage than the US average. The sources of the problems are how …
It is mid-day in the San Francisco Bay Area but the skies are dark and orange from high altitude smoke. In previous weeks there was low altitude smoke which made for low highway visibility. However, today the light levels are like just before sunset. Satellite pictures show dense smoke covering nearly the entire state of …
