[EEGator]

If only we could figure out how to harness the power of the atom.

[Sacajaweau]

natural gas doesn’t freeze...

[ClearCase_guy]

It’s almost funny.

Almost.

[FlyingEagle]

Gee. Perhaps the Totalitarian Junta made a mistake banning oil & gas leasing and drilling permits.

Enjoy this global warming event. When we have global warming, everything gets really cold you know. /s/

[Travis McGee]

[blueunicorn6]

Sheesh.....just put some electric heaters in those windmills.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Pretty funny. What would an F4 or F5 do if it rolled through some of these wind farms. That would be well worth seeing.

[mylife]

Someone was to climb that damn thing and change the weight of the oil in the reduction gears every winter, or it sludges up, you can heat your oil too, that is how we pump oil in the north during winter.

[G Larry]

Odd, I thought by law, all “green, unreliable, energy, had to be backed up with fossil fuel sources?

[ScubaDiver]

It’s not just Texas. This is happening all over Europe right now as well. And, it’s not just turbines. The deep freeze is significantly reducing the impact of solar output as well because - get this - when it gets cold, it often gets snowy and cloudy. Go figure.

If only we had some energy resources that weren’t dependent on ideal weather conditions to operate at peak efficiency.

[JBW1949]

And this is in Texas, where it doesn’t happen all that often...Consider depending on wind turbines in Minnesota, Ohio, New York, the Northeast...

LOL

[texas booster]

A ping out to the Texas Ping list, founded by Windflier.

Another special Texas winter edition for your perusal.

As always, please FReepmail me is you want on or off the Texas Ping list.

Blessings, and stay warm!

[Rio]

That’s how you can tell it’s working, right?

[Parmy]

Gee! Who would have foreseen this? Can’t make this stuff up.

[Joe 6-pack]

A good day in Texas if you’re an eagle or a falcon.

[Beowulf9]

You have to be more optimistic! HALF of them DIDN’T freeze. 🤪

[Presbyterian Reporter]

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)

[BobL]

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).

[beethovenfan]

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.

[stylin19a]

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 ?