Growing concerns over U.S. power grid stability in the face of climate change

America's aging power grid is already struggling to meet demand, and with extreme weather events becoming more frequent and less predictable, climate change has become a major threat to the country's energy infrastructure. Akshaya Jha, assistant professor of economics and public policy at the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University, joined CBS News to discuss.

[randyo]

Good luck charging all these electric cars.

[mayito]

America! It can be inspiring and beautiful. It can also be dark and ugly. It’s soo many things, but it’s ours. It’s our America.

[richietavarez]

F**k climate change. I’m hurting because inflation, I’m broke because everything is so expensive, and I’m struggling to feed my family. Thanks a lot Brandon

[davegunner]

This should have addressed in the 50's

[youaresomeone]

Well if America would do a 2 hour power shed it would make a helluva difference

[Boxagami]

It's NOT climate change, it's called failing to update and maintain the power grid. Failing to build new reactors over the past 35 years and I should know since my family has working linemen that work on it. It's not up to par to handle what issues it has now, let alone EV cars!!

[StalinTheManfSteel]

I'm going to get a laugh this summer when the rolling blackouts hit California again and all those electric car owners are sitting on the bus with the drunks, derelicts and psychos because their cars don't run! 😂

[markcampbell]

Edison generator and dynamo power plants with inverters and transformers can deliver high voltage AC power continuous peak power without fuel or nuclear technology. These power plants can be used to reduce high voltage power lines because they are very inexpensive to build and operate. The cost is much less than nuclear technology or fossil fuels because they don't need steam wind or water to move the armature coils of copper wire. The Edison generators use the magnetic field magnets to move the armature magnets. They don't have the magnets that Tesla added to bind the generator and use water to move the armature coils of copper wire. Tesla bound Edison's generator with magnets and called it his own generator hydroelectric power.

[FWtravels]

Good thing I have backup generator to live off grid

[markcampbell]

We the people of the world are grossly misinformed about power generation and power use. We could have air conditioning use that is low to no cost. If manufacturing added heavier guage wiring to the compressor and fan motors the air conditioner could be running without consumption of electricity. The electric power is used but not consumed. We could build Edison generator and dynamo power plants that do not use steam water or wind to turn the armature coils of copper wire. The Edison generator used field magnets to move the armature magnets and coils of copper wire with added inverters and transformers to deliver high voltage AC power. This is continuous peak power that high voltage AC power lines. It is the gross misinformation regarding power generation that maintain illegal and deadly nuclear power plants and wasteful and expensive fossil fuels power plants. The media does not cooperate with survival oriented improvement in the industrial base as we agreed to in Treaties instituted by scientists to initiate survival. EPA mission under treaty and NRC mission under treaty enforcement.

[treasurethetime]

I'm not "concerned". A lot of people get paid a lot of money to be concerned. Let them do their job.

[stevewayne]

STOP SAYING "New Normal" !!
This is an oxymoron. If it's new, it isn't normal. This phrase is depreciating the perception of the climate change catastrophe.

[thekentuckyrifleman]

Dig for coal for those plants. I mean, y'all are already burning coal when you charge that EV.

[darkroses]

WTF is good about "transmission lines" when we don't have the power to flow through them? This is like the EU bragging about building oil pipelines between countries that don't have oil to send. Pipelines and transmission lines don't create energy, they just move it.

[troyturton]

How about we think about extreme weather every 50 days if not even every 5 days!

[waverly]

I think we have to get used to outages and brown-outs, like they have in Iraq and will probably have in Europe with their green energy policies. I'm not willing to see my electric bills double to cover the cost of a new grid, especially when we're being replaced by migrants and the Dems keep talking about a new civil war. It would be nice to have faster wi-fi at Starbucks but I can deal with it.

[timothycahill]

How many air conditioners do you own ? My parents only ever owned one

[marcmeadows]

I guess when yall people sit in the HEAT AND DARK, then you will understand why America shouldn't be sending Ukraine billions of dollars when it needs to be used

[turdfurgeson]

But I just bought a electric car? Great 👍🏿 either way I’m damned if I do and I damn if I don’t. Time to bring the old Volkswagen van.

[johnstanojevic]

I don’t know like I said is that for the rich people or smoke class because middle classes this no more shut the guest pipes in USA and look like the summary going in the right direction and now climate chain where some people live underground some people have a generators some people have everything but they need small class adults so sounds like somebody have a plan