Icy weather chills Texas wind energy as deep freeze grips much of U.S. [Windmills freeze]

https://www.reuters.com ^ | 15 February 2021 | By Steve Gorman

[353FMG]

>>The Department of Energy doesn’t produce any energy....<<

Too many workers got laid off. Will Biden reopen the pipeline?

[DoughtyOne]

Wait for it... wait for it...

“Hottest year on record!”

You now it’s coming.

[Vinnie]

Yeah, my son works nights just S of DFW. Got off at 5am and had a rough drive to Coppell. A drift kept him out of the garage.
His heat pump isn’t keeping up either.
Thankfully off the next 4 days.

[nicollo]

My daughter who lives in New Orleans called me today to describe the freakout there over frozen water.

[saleman]

Yeah well. Other than winter it was actually pretty warm this past summer

[saleman]

You must not have gotten the memo.

It’s not global warming.

It’s climate change.

[PAR35]

Are Tesla drivers allowed to charge their vehicles?

Of course. Because we all know that plug in electric cars don't need power plants.

As for electricity, they really ought to be saving enough from the light rail system being shut down. It doesn't work in snowy weather. They really ought to fire management and bring in folks from Cleveland to deal with that.

[lewislynn]

Welcome to the scam of Texas' energy deregulation.

How soon we forget.

[Red Badger]

No va.......................

[caprock]

YEP! Count on the commie overlords to change the language/rules/etc as necessary. Watched these clowns for decades - were once required to explain the changes, but no more.

[Red Badger]

“Global warming” in the southern hemisphere is causing snowstorm blizzards in the northern hemisphere...............see how easy that is?.............

[Red Badger]

Disconnect your WASHING MACHINE from the plumbing.

We had a freeze here about 30 years ago, where the inlet valve on our washing machine froze and busted and we had a flood in the house!...................

[zeugma]

Fortunately, I haven’t yet been subject to any of the ‘rolling blackouts’ that are affecting many in the area.

My stereo has an UPS, so it will play for 2 hours if the power does go out. Priorities, don’t ya know!

[Red Badger]

If you have a kerosene lantern, you can fire it up and put it in the pump house overnight on low to keep it from freezing..................

[Red Badger]

We’re just down the beach in Florida, from NAWlins!...............

[bikerman]

77 degrees today in Florida when will this winter end?

[fella]

Don’t forget the solar panels that are covered in snow.

[Sequoyah101]

LMAO.

Cold here in Oklahoma but the power is still on no thanks to the whirly bird toy generators.

[Raceway]

They have space heaters in them now.