I hate to say that I find this funny.....
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To: Sub-Driver
2 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...
4 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.
5 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?
6 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.
7 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.
8 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?
9 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.
10 posted on
02/27/2008 5:26:05 PM PST by
saganite
(Lust type what you what in the “tagline” space)
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.
12 posted on
02/27/2008 5:26:57 PM PST by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Sub-Driver
Too bad the wind stopped blowing. This is probly tied to global warming some how.
14 posted on
02/27/2008 5:29:34 PM PST by
Delta 21
( MKC USCG - ret)
To: Sub-Driver
15 posted on
02/27/2008 5:30:50 PM PST by
NonValueAdded
(Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
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.
20 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)
To: Sub-Driver
I have two thoughts about why this happened and what can be done to fix it.
1. I guess Odessa doesn’t suck any more.
2. Maybe we can fix the problem by calling a special session of the legislature. That ought to produce enough wind.
23 posted on
02/27/2008 5:40:30 PM PST by
No Truce With Kings
(The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
To: Sub-Driver
Welcome to Lib-O-Power. Reliability in our power matches reliability in our logic. Wind power is neat, but we still need good storage (buffering) ability. It ain’t here yet.
To: Sub-Driver
Cutting power to large industrial customers for a few hours every few years my be a reasonably trade-off for not having to build the peakers needed to archive that last .01% of reliability to such customers.
27 posted on
02/27/2008 5:54:03 PM PST by
M. Dodge Thomas
(Opinion based on research by an eyewear firm, which surveyed 100 members of a speed dating club.)
To: Sub-Driver
On Tuesday out here on the Texas High Plains, the wind generators probably blew over in our 60 mph winds. I needed to sweep out my shop so I just opened the front and rear doors and let ‘er rip.
To: Sub-Driver
1100 megawatts in 10 minutes! Whoa!
That’s huge, folks. A heckuva lot of load to shed/accommodate in 10 minutes. That would be an enormous amount of rolling reserve.
30 posted on
02/27/2008 6:08:38 PM PST by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
To: Sub-Driver
The dirty little secret is that because “renewable” energy is not reliable, you still have to build back-up capacity using regular technology - i.e. fossil fuels or nukes. So you end up with double capacity.
33 posted on
02/27/2008 6:37:25 PM PST by
Doodle
To: Sub-Driver
Why do I find myself thinking of the campfire scene in Blazing Saddles?
35 posted on
02/27/2008 6:46:05 PM PST by
Rocky
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