Hitching our wagons to chicks we want to ****, is not a solid plan.
Advertising that you’re packing heat, is not a solid plan.
Puzzingly. Learn something new every day. Her and Green need to start their own caucus.
It gets cold in Denver. Where does their electricity come from? Seems like if wind and solar were that effective, Ali and Arjeta would’ve pointed out how great that works in Denver.
45,000 total megawatts of power that were offline statewide, about 30,000 consisted of thermal sources — gas, coal and nuclear plants — and 16,000 came from renewable sources.
where renewable makes up 10% of energy, over 50% of failed systems were renewable?
where is the investigative reporting?
“See BS”
This is an editorial. Not an article presented with facts from differing experts. We are being told what to think/believe, not given facts for us to make up our own minds.
The “Green New Deal” was not actually in progress in Texas, but one of its important elements, reliance on wind and solar “renewable energy”, had drained away the resources that the ERCOT should have been applying to RELIABLE backup power, for when the windmills and solar panels froze over with a coating of ice. Further, there was no onsite storage for compressed natural gas, as the natural gas-fired generation stations were relying on the direct piping of natural gas to the turbines driving the dynamos delivering the primary power to the grid. The water vapor in the gas pipelines was freezing up and constricting or stopping the flow of the fuel in transit.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/16/texas-power-outage-ercot/
Brains and beauty is a great combination.
Heard her hubby agrees. LOL! Anyway, back to the subject at hand. Scientists juan williams and jen (raggedy jen) sackee have already stated that the renewables were NOT the problem in Texas so we should shut up about it. Or something.
The propaganda is strong with this article. Wind provides only 25%, only?? And they like to talk about what was offline, which is interesting and important. But, the bottom line is wind was only producing between 3-17% of its capacity during this event (based on my watching ERCOT real time data).
Wind is expensive, intermittent, and did not produce when needed. During the summer, winds in Texas are light, and electrical load is highest in the summer.
Therefore, in winter and summer when you need power, wind is missing in action. It is a boondoggle and waste of resources and money.
It doesn’t take much to puzzle enemediots.
They’re not hired for brains.
Or anywhere else for that matter, just another ridicules scheme to tear this country down!!!!
If this is what it takes to discredit the Green New Deal, so be it. I’m sick of playing by the rules of fairness and honesty when the Left doesn’t.
In this case, we had close calls in the past due to natural gas powerplants not being able to operate in cold weather, while that is NOT the case in most of the rest of the country. But lobbyists rule Texas*, and without a doubt, they convinced the regulators to NOT REQUIRE cold weather operation of the plants - after all that costs money and it it means ‘more regulations’ to comply with. So, after a few martinis over lunch, the state agreed.
*for anyone doubting that, try walking one block from the state capitol building in Austin and look at what you see all around you - the offices of lobbyists.
Oh, yea, one other thing: DEFINITELY Not Guilty!
Wind turbines would be a good choice for the future state of DC having a continuous supply of hot air coming from the Capitol.
Green energy failed 100%. Fossil fuels failed to the extent that they could not make up for the TOTAL loss of Green.
Easy thought experiment:
What would have happened if Texas was Utopia and 100% Green? Utter devastation and death.
What would have happened if Texas was sane? Sporadic and scattered power outages.
Basic principal is that reliable fossil and nuke power capacity must cover total demand. Every kw of green must have a kw of traditional backing it up.
No kidding. Just make her stand in the middle of Texas - problem solved.