Posted on 02/19/2021 5:45:32 AM PST by Hojczyk
Data doesn’t “suggest” anything.
The wind generation played a small part, but the real problem was that too much money was spent on windmills instead of keeping up the existing coal and NG power plants.
Data doesn’t mean a damn thing. A 5 year old child knows that he can’t depend on the WIND to fly his kite!
Gas, oil, nuclear. Damn you Obama, Biden and Jane Fonda.
Natural gas prices have been below $3 MMCF for several years.
If wind turbines and solar panels were not subsidized, how high would the price of natural gas have to be in order to make wind turbines and solar panels economic?
Would natural gas have to be $10 MMCF or more for that to happen?
Texas did not spend the extra money for winterized windmills. I just drove through the mountains of W.Va. and the windmills was operating fine.
The problem in TX is what economists call the Peak Load problem. Many utilities like electric power, gas, and water are regulated monopolies. The problem is that often the regulations and the resultant pricing is based on production rather than capacity. As a result, there is no incentive to build production facilities with idle capacity. In CA a few years ago, they had the same power problems that resulted in “rolling brownouts” throughout the state.
Some measure of the problems TX, CA, and some other states see today are because of the short-sightedness of regulators in the past. Those regulators denied building permits because they caved in to the demands by environmentalists. I think it’s time for those environmentalist who protested the construction of power production and distribution to be registered with the state. Then, when power demand exceeds supply, the power companies shut off those homes first. Tying the burden of such environmental activity to the people who caused it only seems fair to me.
Climate Same
Texans were told in 2012 to winterize their energy structure but never did deeming the cost too high versus sub zero temps happening again.
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Wow!
Welcome to Biden’s Banana Republic! (Formerly known as Obama’s Banana Republic)
Ultimately the power issue in Texas or anywhere else for that matter is like healthcare. Whenever the federal government gets involved in picking winners and losers, the losers are us......
Oh no, AOC has already declared the opposite and the MSM will back her up.
Maybe we could mandate all new homes in Texas have natural gas heating, or at least dual electric/gas. Electric heat requires generation from a gas or other fuel. Gas heating only requires low power electric starting and management software.
Texas needs to cut wind/solar down to less than 15% of the energy production. We are swimming in natural gas so why is so hard to get NG plants built? And why not ramp up a few more nukes?
A little critical path planning is needed here ...
2. The drop in wind output was almost complete.
3. Yes the other sources also had output decreases, but not to the extent of wind.
4. The demand doubled for this time of year.
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