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Half of Texas Wind Turbines Freeze, Hurting Electricity Output
Brietbart ^
| Febuary 15.2021
| JOEL B. POLLAK
Posted on 02/15/2021 7:20:08 AM PST by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk
Gee! Who would have foreseen this? Can’t make this stuff up.
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posted on
02/15/2021 7:33:27 AM PST
by
Parmy
To: Hojczyk
A good day in Texas if you’re an eagle or a falcon.
To: Leaning Right
"We just need to see if we can somehow make use of that black, gooey stuff Jed Clampett found."
And if only Texas had some....
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posted on
02/15/2021 7:34:10 AM PST
by
Psalm 73
("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
To: JBW1949
I know a guy in Maine with 2 wind turbines. One took him a year to get balanced and online.
He says in optimum conditions they provide 25% of his energy needs
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posted on
02/15/2021 7:35:55 AM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: polymuser
That’s it!
We take all of the windmills to the airport!
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posted on
02/15/2021 7:38:15 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: mylife
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posted on
02/15/2021 7:39:53 AM PST
by
polymuser
(A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
To: mylife
Sounds like a lot of these wind turbine failure stories boil down to poor engineering, not a problem with wind turbines per se. Bearings that can't handle the torque, systems that don't have heaters to handle cold weather, etc. This is all stuff that heavy equipment manufacturers figured out decades ago. If you can build a semi that can drive to the north slope of Alaska, you can build a wind turbine that will run in Texas in the winter.
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posted on
02/15/2021 7:39:58 AM PST
by
Campion
(What part of "shall not be infringed" don't they understand?)
To: Hojczyk
You have to be more optimistic! HALF of them DIDN’T freeze. 🤪
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posted on
02/15/2021 7:41:18 AM PST
by
Beowulf9
To: Leaning Right
I don’t think they could have a show like Beverly Hillbillies today. The joke of the sitcom, that somebody struck oil and became wealthy, would offend the sensibilities of the liberals who run Hollywood. So the premise of the show would be rejected out of hand.
To: Sacajaweau
Don’t know about nat. gas but propane’s vapor pressure
hits zero around -40 deg.
To: Hojczyk
Meanwhile, the good news is when the electric power goes off in the house, the inhabitants can huddle in their Tesla to keep warm. (s)
To: Sacajaweau
Gas wells are being shut-in because they all make salt water and when the tanks fill up because no trucks can haul it off, the party is over. Pipelines are having issues with compressors going down. Just a matter of time before the power plants start having issues.
To: polymuser
You go to YouTube and see vids of some poor sap, dangling below a helicopter while deicing wind turbine blades.
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posted on
02/15/2021 7:48:32 AM PST
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: Beowulf9
Half empty. Half full. Inquiring minds want to know what that glass is half-full of. It ain’t water...
To: crusty old prospector
Wow, global warming is really terrible!
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posted on
02/15/2021 7:49:49 AM PST
by
polymuser
(A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
To: polymuser
All common sense engineering to overcome extreme variables.
Still, wind and solar are a joke.
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posted on
02/15/2021 7:49:59 AM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Hojczyk
What’s important here is NOT whether they work when demand is highest, but THE MESSAGE that they send to the world, which is that Texans care (about sustainability).
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posted on
02/15/2021 7:53:15 AM PST
by
BobL
(TheDonald.win is now Patriots.win)
To: Hojczyk
I find this rather hilarious. We have wind turbines because of GoreBull warming (allegedly). Now they’re freezing because of a lack of GoreBull warming.
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posted on
02/15/2021 7:56:07 AM PST
by
beethovenfan
(Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
To: Deaf Smith
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posted on
02/15/2021 8:00:29 AM PST
by
polymuser
(A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
To: Hojczyk
As of Sunday morning, those iced turbines comprise 12,000 megawatts of Texas’ installed wind generation capacity,although those West Texas turbines don’t typically spin to their full generation cap
...
The outlet noted that the loss of power was largely offset by the fact that the remaining turbines were spinning quickly because of strong winter storm winds.
Is it even possible to cover the loss of 12k megawatts, by having the rest spin faster? and for how long ?
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posted on
02/15/2021 8:00:55 AM PST
by
stylin19a
(Seems 4,153,237 people got wed one year, not to start trouble but shouldn't that be an even number?)
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