Rolling blackouts warning for 3 million California homes

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Crisis averted after consumers cut back on consumption.

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There’s a heatwave because people use too much energy, and people are expected to use more energy because of the heatwave. We, as a species, deserve to die.

Remember when regular rolling blackouts were only for developing nations? Climate change is doing its part to accelerate the U.S.'s return to banana republic(an) status.

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They still had them in some parts of California on Monday. A family member in Sonoma County missed a zoom lab meeting because her neighborhood had no power for 4 hours.

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