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To: fwdude

If only Texas had big lignite deposits it could tap for power generation.


3 posted on 06/13/2024 6:29:56 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

If only Texas’ power grid were frequency-synchronized with the rest of eastern North America, so they could import power from Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana just by stringing more wires.


9 posted on 06/13/2024 6:39:47 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
If only Texas had big lignite deposits it could tap for power generation.

We do have lots of lignite deposits, but we are trying to move away from using them. Lignite is really nasty when it burns. There are cancer clusters for miles around a coal power plant. And, those strip mines crawl along for miles, destroying the water table as it goes. And, a lignite power plant is just not very efficient.

But, we do have lots of natural gas we can use.

28 posted on 06/13/2024 9:25:47 AM PDT by eastexsteve
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