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In reply to the discussion: If things get so bad that Calexit becomes a serious option, is water CA's biggest vulnerability? [View all]fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)24. Electricity.
California currently imports about 1/3 of it's electricity needs from neighboring states.
California has about 90 electricity generating plants of various types and a wide range of capacities.
Assuming they use the same strategy and mix of plants, they would need to build about 30 power plants, assuming no conservation, nor rationing is enacted.
Not counting permits and studies, it takes about 5 years to build a plant, but I suspect that it could be done in about two years under emergency circumstances.
Not a small problem, but certainly doable.
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If things get so bad that Calexit becomes a serious option, is water CA's biggest vulnerability? [View all]
Silent3
Jan 2017
OP
Desal will happen, of necessity, but it is very expensive. Also, most people don't understand....
Hekate
Jan 2017
#25
The water pulled from the Colorado is done at Parker Dam, at the south end of Lake Havasu
A HERETIC I AM
Jan 2017
#3
There will be no Calexit. It's literally stupid to talk about it except to say Russia is behind it.
KittyWampus
Jan 2017
#4
California alone has a population that equals Canada's population. "Build a pipeline" is not a plan.
Hekate
Jan 2017
#14