Posted on 06/14/2021 5:34:15 PM PDT by blam
It gets hot in Texas?
Who knew?
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I LOVE IT! Let them eat cake. Having a husband in the coal fired power industry for 40 years and setting what the EPA and environmentalists have done to it.... again I live it.
Also at: https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/texas-electricity-prices-explode-power-grid-verge-another-meltdown
I’ve been in Texas for 38 years and we have never had rolling blackouts or any serious problems even when temperatures soent weeks in triple digits.
This problem is 100 percent the result of wind and solar.
I recently took a road trip from the DFW area through the permian basin, through El Paso and into New Mexico and AZ. Seeing wind turbines in Texas go on for miles and miles was disgusting.
This is going to cost Governor Abbot the election.
Sounds to me like ERCOT could use a few thousand megawatts of reliable power, dispersed across the region.
Louisville Gas & Electric/Kentucky Utilities is very much self-sufficient. They have a very adequate supply of their OWN generation and transmission ties to several entities that can supply as needed.
Where are the libs telling them to hook up to unicorn farts in the wind?
I would,think solar could do well for some down there, its a good place for it.
No problem…put up another million solar panels from China and a few more 1000 windmills…c’mon man…
And there you have it.
No-you didn’t read the article. It’s because they took them down for service. I swear-reading comprehension on this site is horrible. This is the same issue back in the winter: outages-and then it was fossils that bore the brunt of the outages (over 3:1) yet people still blamed wind and solar. Now-is that the answer? Nope. Nukes are. But for God’s sake-understand that it’s the energy industry and their lobbyists that have done this.
F the article. Solar and wind CANNOT provide the energy we need. Yes , it can provide some energy. But not all we need, when we need it
This smells like a subtle warning before they throw the switch.
It sure is. He’s been a disaster with regards to the handling of this. Didn’t trump endorse somebody else for Governor of Texas. Might be worth it to get rid of this management fool.
ERCOT needs some of those turbines shoved up their a**.
They don’t want Texas having its own grid IMO.
I bought a new gas/propane generator at the end of hurricane season last year. I got my propane tanks filled last Thursday.
I'm as ready as I'm going to be
I just looked at my Kil-a-Watt meter, running at 121.8 volts, was right at 120.0 mid afternoon. I guess they’re running up the voltage to lower amperage across my end of the grid.
Well done.
deport invaders
As a fellow Freeper I would welcome you to the Lone Star state. But when it comes to Californians in general, I’ve heard it mentioned that the silver lining to the February energy fiasco is that it might discourage Californians from fleeing to Texas.
What battery system did you use? I hear that Tesla’s Powerwall will now only be sold bundled with their solar roof tiles.
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