Isn't That What They Say?

Oh is that where he's been hiding, while all these environmental catastrophes happen, that all the leftist environmentalists look the other way on?

I worked for a major wind turbine company for 3 years...back in 1994. It never went anywhere, nor solved any problems

That's very interesting, although from what I've heard they have many negative points as well. And this is just one of them.

https://stopthesethings.com/2021/02/21/americas-big-chill-wind-turbines-frozen-solid-solar-panels-plastered-in-snow-ice/

https://www.city-journal.org/texas-cold-snap-a-warning-for-wind-power-advocates

I live in Texas. I didn't have power for 3 days. It got down to 35 degrees inside my house.

Why did the grid fail? It sure wasn't because the 'turbines' locked up. First you need to know that the Texas power grid is deregulated. What does that mean? It's a haphazard hodpodge of companies. There are the retail billing companies (who the consumer buys through). Then there are the transmission companies. They handle moving power from the plants to the consumer. And then there are the power production companies. They just make the power, and hand it off to the transmission companies.

It's all 'managed' by ERCOT.

It's important that you remember that.

The "wind turbines freezing up" did not cause the massive blackout in Texas. It happened because

1) Most of the Texas power grid is separated from the national power grid, which means it can't 'buy power' from other out-of-state providers. (This isn't state wide, just most of the state).

2) it's deregulated, so there's no incentive for power supply companies to upgrade their equipment. They pay the least amount to fix a system that is seconds away from breaking down at any moment.

3) This aging and barely held together system sits outside, which means it's mostly built to handle weather common to Texas. You know, heat. (but not heat like we get today. Like hot summers from the 60s which was the mid-90s). When that cold weather rolled in, demand went way up and that aging system started to fail. It couldn't handle the demand and it couldn't handle the cold. So ERCOTturned parts of it off to keep it from frying out.

4) Which means ERCOT cut power to the transmission companies (yes, the companies handling the transmission of power lost power).

5) because the transmission companies shut down, the natural gas power plants also shut down. Because it takes electricity to turn gas into power. (no, they don't run on their own power. I don't make the system, I just have to live in it).

If you would like to read some actual facts instead of those lies & misinformation links you posted here you go: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/15/texas-power-grid-winter-storm-2021/

That was a very interesting article. I also looked at this one.

https://fortworthreport.org/2022/02/15/how-texas-power-grid-failed-in-2021-and-whos-responsible-for-preventing-a-repeat/

Here my question would be besides the natural gas supply limitation in 2021. If a quarter of your state's electricity generation comes from wind and solar, if those fail, do you not think that puts strain on the electrical system?

And I saw this statement repeated in several articles: The Public Utility Commission has imposed some early requirements, such as requiring plants to winterize based on previous federal guidance, but lawmakers did not require the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the gas industry, to quickly impose weatherization standards. So I hope you don't see a repeat of what happened previously because of it.

Thanks for the information! :)

They built another huge wind farm near me 2 years ago - 48 200-footers. Not one of the turbines has spun ONCE. And the 4 surrounding counties have lost over 16,000 acres of PRIME corn n bean soil to solar farms, half of which are generating zero energy. 3 cheers for wind 'n solar!!! 🤪

Yes I know. Here's some other facts you might be interested in knowing.

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