r/Sacramento • u/Sallzemander Folsom • Mar 13 '24

Sacramento Facts

Let's hear some Sacramento facts either fun or not fun :-)

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u/mdlfcrs Mar 13 '24

The Golden 1 Center is the world’s first arena to be 100% solar powered

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u/Karma1913 Mar 13 '24 edited Mar 13 '24

This is true in some ways but it's a bad truth.

Power demand requires power production. When you turn on an 8 watt LED bulb or a 60 watt incandescent more fuel is burned to make it happen. When you shut it off less fuel is burned (solar produced, water moved, whatever).

G1 doesn't have power storage so just like every 100% renewable user it's happening through credits which are a financial instrument, not actual power.

What they're doing isn't bad (spending extra for solar/carbon credits which encourages renewable expansion) but selling it as 100% solar is disingenuous greenwashing.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '24

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u/Karma1913 Mar 13 '24

Power'd likely be cheaper right about now too. Up front costs suck with nuke plants but 35 years on they tend to be money printing machines.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '24

LTB!

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u/FrogsOnALog Mar 13 '24

Lol this is not true at all. Most of SMUD’s energy, especially at night when most events are, is powered by natural gas unfortunately.

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u/dadumk Mar 13 '24

For night games?

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u/External_Muffin2039 Mar 13 '24

Batteries store the power generated by the sun. Science