I hope the environmentalists take note of this and maybe decide to give a little bit on either nuclear or hydro-electric. We need a reliable backup for when this kind of stuff happens.
I'm just saying that if their goal is to be carbon neutral, there are ways that can be accomplished that are still reliable sources of energy. Wanna give up coal? Fine. But that means either saying OK to nuclear or damming up some rivers that will kill some wildlife, or just tell people that they're probably going to die from the cold.Nah...AOC will have us back to our roots. Outside, no power, but not eating meat. Eat a few berries for survival. No cows! No planes!
Turbines and solar arrays are fine, but until we have viable solid state batteries to store the energy they produce on sub-peak, it's not realistic. We need on-demand generation, so more, smaller nuclear plants is the way to go. Either that or more hydroelectric generators which I think is even better, but like I said before, some fish might die.
Let me get this straight: 10 people died because Texas implemented...wind farms?
Nobody prepares for a once in a century event. People are just looking for someone or something to blame.
I don't follow the logic at pointing full blame at the implementation of wind farms. When reading up on this, it seems that natural gas, coal, and nuclear account for 80% of Texas' energy generation, whereas wind is only 7%. With natural gas energy production coming to a halt due to the low temperatures and those plants not being properly weatherized, wind farms would never be able to pick up the slack to fully supply the grid with their current implementation.
This. The problem they've had with gas generators is that some of the instrumentation froze up. Nothing sinister, and not the fault of wind turbines alone.
Nope. But Canada operates a whole bunch of wind turbines so let's not act like the issue is the climate, it's trying to get by as cheaply as possible. Once in a blue moon, I guess there's an actual reason for those 'costly' government regulations, huh?
Who knows if those percentages in that article are even accurate. Some other page had a graphic from 2019 showing wind production at 20% for Texas.Maybe I rushed to judgement. Abbott has preserved an investigation into the causes. Hopefully they’ll solve the problems. I will say it’s a little hard to figure it out in the media when ERCOT seems to have a malleable story, or at least an incomplete one.
Texas electric grid operator says frozen wind turbines are hampering state's power output: report
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) told the Austin American Statesman that roughly 12,000 megawatts of Texas' wind generation capacity has been hampered as of Sunday due to frozen wind turbines.www.foxbusiness.com
Well of course Canada would take precautions against negative temperatures, but I can't imagine they do for 110 degree temperatures. I'm assuming you don't drive a snow plow because once every 10 years you might need it to get to the store, or build your house to be hurricane proof.
Funny how the board's conservatives blasted California for its power outages during the forest fires, but with Texas, the response is, "Geez, what could the State have done?"
How often does California have forest fires? How often does Texas gets sub zero temperatures?
The Texas legislature gambled and lost. No biggie, right? Their mistake only impacts the lives of millions of Texans during sub-zero weather.
I totally agree. But you've got Texas politicians shamelessly using it as a distraction from their own incompetency.
You don't gamble on 100-1 odds that require perpetuating investment into it. That's what we are talking about here.
www.texastribune.org
Yeah, that was the second take by ERCOT after righties jumped on their first release about the effect on the wind mills. Also remember that ERCOT has a vested interest in the renewables world now so that may color their release. Like I said, their message has been inconsistent.Texas largely relies on natural gas for power. It wasn’t ready for the extreme cold.
Texas largely relies on natural gas — especially during times of high demand — to power the state. Experts say natural gas infrastructure, from pumping it out of the ground to the plants in city centers, was unprepared for the plunging temperatures brought by the winter storm.
I'd be careful about playing the odds game if I were you. The last time you did, you gave me 1000 to 1 odds that Trump's post-election game of "I wuz robbed" would ever lead to violence.
LOL Turn the (R) to a (D) and these same guys would be losing their shit over a Senator's trip to Cancun during the State's power crisis.
Nah. I've been critical of people that told others not to travel or go to indoor dining and then did so themselves, but that's not comparable to this. Just because you are public servant or representative doesn't mean you don't get a vacation sometimes.Translation: The truth hurts.
it is comparable . He represents the people of Texas who are suffering and he flees to Cancun.
I don't remember you ripping the politicians from Houston and Baltimore and California traveling during the pandemic after loudly proclaiming that people needed to stay home and not travel. Did I miss you making those points?
The Austin Mayor was wrong doing a Covid PSA from an Airbnb in Cabo 🇲🇽. I am not against politicians going on vacations but timing is everything in politics
Appreciate that outlook. This was certainly a gaffe, but I just feel like the media has over-inflated this story about a Senator who isn't really involved in the operations of storm recovery. What is the Senator really going to do other than lobby Congress for emergency relief funds? It's up to the Governor to lead the response and work with the federal government to involve FEMA and other resources.
