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Loss of wind causes Texas power grid emergency
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Posted on 02/27/2008 5:19:12 PM PST by Sub-Driver
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I hate to say that I find this funny.....
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
02/27/2008 5:20:22 PM PST
by
SouthTexas
(We are home.)
To: Sub-Driver
Did this coincide with the end of the debate last night?
To: Sub-Driver
Maybe Mother Nature is just catching her breath...
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posted on
02/27/2008 5:21:15 PM PST
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: Sub-Driver
Here in Texas we break wind quite often.
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posted on
02/27/2008 5:21:39 PM PST
by
ConservaTexan
(February 6, 1911)
To: Sub-Driver
Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
Maybe they should change their name?
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posted on
02/27/2008 5:21:40 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Sub-Driver
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
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posted on
02/27/2008 5:23:16 PM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: Sub-Driver
We need to figure out how to re-route this energy. It’s been very gusty in S Texas.
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posted on
02/27/2008 5:24:47 PM PST
by
CindyDawg
To: Sub-Driver
I was looking all over for the “/sarc” or “parody site” disclaimer, but alas.
First of all, I’ve never heard of West Texas being without wind EVER and second, I cannot imagine this being a source of electric power for anybody. Kinda like solar panels that don’t work on cloudy days in Seattle or something?
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posted on
02/27/2008 5:25:20 PM PST
by
Rte66
To: Sub-Driver
Shh. Don’t tell em the wind doesn’t blow all the time. Don’t let em in on the secret, nukes run 24/7/365. We’ll keep it to ourselves and those boneheads will never figure it out.
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posted on
02/27/2008 5:26:05 PM PST
by
saganite
(Lust type what you what in the “tagline” space)
To: CindyDawg
But all the turbines keep going to west Texas.
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posted on
02/27/2008 5:26:29 PM PST
by
SouthTexas
(We are home.)
To: Sub-Driver
What is really funny is the bewildering looks on the board members faces when they are faced with a big ‘ol dollop of wind reality.
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posted on
02/27/2008 5:26:57 PM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: SouthTexas
Which is ok with me. Those things are spooky.
To: Sub-Driver
Too bad the wind stopped blowing. This is probly tied to global warming some how.
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posted on
02/27/2008 5:29:34 PM PST
by
Delta 21
( MKC USCG - ret)
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
02/27/2008 5:30:50 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
To: Cicero
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posted on
02/27/2008 5:31:11 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
To: CindyDawg
They’ve been coming into the Port of CC for quite a while now. HUGE pieces, all heading northwest.
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posted on
02/27/2008 5:31:17 PM PST
by
SouthTexas
(We are home.)
To: SouthTexas
If we could paint them red/white and blue or draw pics on them or something..
To: Delta 21
As we return to global cooling the winds will be less energetic — less energy for the windmills to extract. This wasn’t the way it was supposed to be!
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posted on
02/27/2008 5:34:37 PM PST
by
Procyon
(To the global warming fanatics the problem is too many people and the solution is genocide.)
To: Sub-Driver; saganite
Too many megawatts in one unreliable basket. Solar and wind can help -- especially where they can compliment each other (stormy days help wind power production but hurt solar power, sunny days help solar power but may hurt wind power production), but they shouldn't be relied upon for large proportions of the base load.
Numerous nuclear power plants are great for massive base load power.
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posted on
02/27/2008 5:36:31 PM PST
by
Solitar
("My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them." -- Barry Goldwater)
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