Posted on 02/17/2021 8:51:29 AM PST by Hojczyk
The images of frozen wind turbines and solar panels brought to life how one of the most independent and powerful energy states in the country could fall to its knees when snow, ice, and frigid temperatures battered its power grid.
It was imagery that tells a cautionary tale of what the future in this country could look like if the Biden administration continues its dismantling of fossil fuel and related infrastructure industries. In short, what happened in Texas could happen anywhere, whether under the strain of a winter storm in Texas and Oklahoma or a heat wave in California.
The power outages in Texas are a stark illustration of the consequences of our energy industries having to slash carbon emissions to appease climate activists, consequences that don’t just affect how you heat your home but also how you turn the lights on in your children’s school, or the building you work in, or the church in which you worship.
“What's really scary,” he added, “is [that] Texas is only 23% dependent upon wind for its electricity right now.”
Kish said, in Texas, the natural gas supply was affected as well because of the frigid temperatures and the inability to transport it due to hazardous road conditions.
The entire situation highlights how Biden’s climate-justice policies will test the resolve of the public if situations like what happened in Texas become more widespread.
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It’s almost like stupid decisions can cause problems.
These leftist are freaking nuts!! Absolutely living under a delusion and wanting to drag the rest of us with them.
Scary stuff right here.
We experienced rolling black outs through the night in 8F temperatures. Luckily we cut plenty of firewood to get us through the coldest couple of days.
Also have propane stove, water heater and gas rod in the fireplace. Kinda sorry I didn’t put a gas furnace in the house.
Never ever will I have an all electric home. No way and I will always have a wood stove or fireplace where ever we end up.
Future:
Biden-Harris imposed Green New Deal restrictions cause freezing conditions in all homes in someone’s state and they try to drive in their electric car to reach shelter in another city, but their 300 mile range limit is passed and they freeze to death on the way.
“How dare you, Greta.”
Things are not too bad here in northern Bexar County, TX. Rolling power blackouts and rolling water blackouts are spaced enough apart that one can get prepared for the next outage.
What I am hearing is why did San Antonio pay a huge severance fee to get out of the last nuke project and then raise our rates to begin the ‘woke’ windmill project. Today the only people who are happy with (very dead) windmills are the ranchers that are getting $800 to $1,200 per month for each windmill they have on their property.
IMHO the energy folks who supported the abandonment of the nuke project should soon be working at Wal-mart or wearing orange jumpsuits and breaking rocks out in this weather.
Sad to say, THEY don’t care. Green is for go. If folks failed to prepare it’s not pedo joes problem. You can bet THEY have fossil fuel back up power avaiable. Maybe even some RTGs on standby. Peons? Meh. They’re, well, peons.
Didn’t Biden say a DARK WINTER twice?
My thoughts are with you. Fight to stay warm and safe.
I used to think everyone with a house had a fireplace but actually fewer and fewer modest or average houses have had them for a long time, I was told. Million dollar plus ones usually have them, though.
Did you file a compliance form stating as with Northern toilet paper, you would plant trees to replace the ones you cut for firewood? (Probably coming someday—I should be quiet.)
If you had some dollar store copies of Kasich’s and Cuomo’s books you could use them in the fireplace.
The logging industry has large tree harvesters that grab hold of the tree trunk and swiftly cut the tree off low to the ground, then set the tree down on the ground.
John Deere should make a larger version for removing windmills.
Unfortunately this is likely to motivate the activists to change their pitch, not their policies. Cultists are like that. But believe me, judging by everyone I know from Texas, there will be change.
Having frequent blackouts, our first was when it was -4F outside. The blackouts are generally 30 minutes, but sometimes 45 or 60. Duration of up time is also a variable. These kind of frequent, unplanned shutdowns have to be hard on my HVAC equipment. Many times, I am losing more indoor temperature during the outage than I get can back during the uptime.
Wind and solar are the number one issues. Second is poor winter preparations in the electrical system. This situation did not have to happen. Completely avoidable. No one should be so stupid as to let wind and solar provide 1% of power, let alone 20-25% like in Texas. That fault is Government.
MORE MORE NUKES!
If this had been a one day event, with things back to normal in 2-3 days, it would not have the repercussions it’s going to.
Over a week of sub freezing temperatures, rolling blackouts, no water, no food, etc.
This will likely wake a few people up.
Are houses in TX insulated?
I understand that most houses down south aren’t because they get so little cold weather, but insulation also keeps the heat out and would reduce AC costs.
There is a benefit to insulating even in warm climates. Provided you have AC.
“What’s really scary,” he added, “is [that] Texas is only 23% dependent upon wind for its electricity right now.”
No whats really scary is this moron thinks it should be more! It shouldn’t be more than 5% if that! Thank you Rick Perry, you dumbass!
Depending on the age of the house, old ones could have very little insulation. My house is incredibly well insulation. But when it is -4F and the power company shuts off the electricity, the temperature still drops really fast!
Politically, why is this not China-Joe-Ho’s Katrina event? (I know the answer, but it still infuriates me that we have a two tier system. One set of rules for R and no set of rules for D).
It is bad up here around Tyler. The 8” of snow that was packed down on the roads is now covered with two fresh inches of sleet. Many homes without power and water. Not just rolling blackouts. Many have been without power since Monday. I hear transformers popping all the time. Not supposed to get any significant melting until Saturday.
They are insulated for the heat. Unfortunately, many of the builders put the water lines in the attic and they freeze and then burst. Lots of horror stories.
Most of Texas power comes from natural gas and coal and it was those failing that took the largest % off the grid
They didn’t want to pay to have them “weatherized” because we only experience cold like this every ten years
You can also “weatherize” wind turbines but didn’t want to do that either, they have wind turbines in Canada that work fine
23% reliance on an unreliable energy source like stupid wind mills causes bad things to happen. It’s really just that simple.
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