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>      I believe the smog from San Francisco primarily blows south in
> the northerly winds that prevail during the summer.  AFAIK Sacramento
> gets locally-generated smog.
>

That could easily be the case I haven't looked at the data, just going off
what I've heard others say.  Even without smog, Sacramento has crappy air
quality, at least for me with allergies.

>      Also the power lines between Southern and Northern California
> ("Path 15") have insufficient capacity to bring enough surplus power
> north.  Southern California is dependent on out-of-state power, but
> the lines from Arizona etc. have enough capacity.
>

I think they are working on adding a line there.  We'll see if that fixes
the problem.


Matt



"Merlin Dorfman" <dorfman@rahul.net> wrote in message
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> Forkboy2 (none@none.com) wrote:
> : > Now answer this: when rolling black outs were in effect last year, why
> : > was the SF Bay Area hit with them multiple times (something like
> : > 15-20....my house was hit twice) while LA only got hit once?
>
> : Because the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power doesn't rely so
> : heavily on out-of-state power.  In fact I think LA DWP had surplus power
> : during the power "crisis".
>
>      Also the power lines between Southern and Northern California
> ("Path 15") have insufficient capacity to bring enough surplus power
> north.  Southern California is dependent on out-of-state power, but
> the lines from Arizona etc. have enough capacity.
>
> : > smog problem. SF is not one big parking lot of idling cars stuck on
> : > thousands of miles of jammed freeways from Irvine to Glendale and
Santa
> : > Monica to Pomona.
>
> : SF Traffic is pretty close to being as bad as LA.  Besides, Sacramento
has
> : to deal with the more stringent smog rules and they don't have nearly
the
> : traffic problems as San Francisco.  What Sacramento does get is smog
> : generated in SF.  If the smog from SF simply blew out of the city and
didn't
> : affect other areas of the state, then I'd say fine, leave them alone.
But
> : that isn't the case.
>
>      I believe the smog from San Francisco primarily blows south in
> the northerly winds that prevail during the summer.  AFAIK Sacramento
> gets locally-generated smog.
>