Renewables didn’t cause California’s blackouts. So what did?

Grist
By Nathanael JohnsonAug 20, 2020, 3:58 am114 pts
Energy grids are straining under the weight of millions of air conditioners as heat has engulfed the western United States. In California, which might have just recorded the highest temperature ever on earth, the strain was too much last weekend: The system broke, albeit briefly, and power went out for…

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