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...The bottom line news? You ain't turnin' Texas, buckaroo.
Renewables keep the lights on and lower the energy bill.
The bad news is Texas isn't keeping up with growing demand.
...The bottom line news? You ain't turnin' Texas, buckaroo.
Solar, wind and batteries to the rescue
You ain't turnin' Texas, you damn weasel, you.
Texas unprepared for extreme heat and public demand
Mild summer so far in VA and August is not much hotter than 80s.
66 degrees right now so we have energy to spare. My condolences to Texans.
Hard to see this getting off the ground. Doing so might impair the ability of energy producers and pipeline companies to screw public utilities.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Ins ute of Technology, MIT, discovered that connecting the Texas power grid to the rest of the country would have prevented up to 80% of the blackouts that occurred during the devastating Winter Storm Uri in 2021.https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/po...6-6cee34dd95c7After studying Congressman Casar’s legislation, MIT released a research brief that focused on four key areas: transmission requirements, how the grid would handle extreme weather events, cost savings and climate benefits.
In addition to fewer blackouts and increased grid reliability during extreme weather events, MIT researchers say the Connect the Grid Act would also save between $901 Million and $1.24 Billion annually.
The GOP favors any policy that lets them grift.
In fact you taught us that tact, RG.
not planning for events like this is itself a sort of planning -- living in the sacrifice zone is a political choice
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/12/clima...rms/index.htmlThe move to build more natural gas plants came in the wake of another massive power outage: the deadly deep freeze in February 2021 killed more than 200 people and left millions of customers without power and heat for days. Despite Texas Republicans’ anti-wind energy rhetoric, natural gas plants going offline accounted for the bulk of the outages.
More recently, mass outages have come from downed power lines.
“The weak point is the wires and poles, and basically always has been,” Michael Webber, an energy expert and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, told CNN. “But it’s not a priority for the state. The state prioritizes natural gas power plants or backup natural gas generator systems. It is not focused on hardening the grid.”
You ain't turnin' Texas.
And yet, no new power plants are being built because of Bidens EPA threatening onerous and unrealistic CO2 capture regulations.
CC just pulls out of his ass, based on nothing
https://www.powermag.com/new-1-2-gw-...ced-for-texas/
not surprising that the guy who blamed the 2021 outage on wind and solar continues to make up
https://www.power-eng.com/gas/calpin...in-texas/#gref
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...xrlHFURzg3CGW2
The 40% rule whinehole. Those are surge plants. Why make the discussion personal?
You said "no new power plants." That was incorrect.
OK, to be technical, no new primary load power plants.
...he has nary other choice.
And he ain't turnin' Texas.
Wow! Even more reasons to connect to the bigger, more reliable grids outside Texas!
Why is a dude safely on the better grid trying to comment on the Texas grid?
Only an idiot would be trying that.
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