What lying leftists aren't telling you about the "Texas" power outages
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T. A. Gardner
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But, but, but... Gorebal Warming!
It's weather. Nothing to do with climate.
Leftists want you to believe that Texas is the only place with power outages.
They also don't want you to know that this is an unprecedented weather event that Texas could not have reasonably foreseen and made preparations for.
I am certain there are many who understand the difference between the two better than you or most. I do find it funny how it went from global warming to climate change a few years back when things started to get cold again.
You're right, Skipper, this is weather. Nothing to do with "climate change".
Leftists want you to believe that Texas is the only place with power outages.
They also don't want you to know that this is an unprecedented weather event that Texas could not have reasonably foreseen and made preparations for.
Beautiful and sunny here in Boise. A little cool at 37, but still bright blue skies.
Had some snow a few days ago, but it was the wet, heavy stuff that falls at warmer temperatures. Gone now.
I can’t recall the last time we lost power. Years ago. Never lasts for more than a couple hours.
Thanks for bolstering the point I’ve made several times. Weather wise, most of the rest of the country is a shit hole.
Nor the fact that all their heating systems and infrastructure are designed per energy and building code based on government regulations (including federal) for their climate. What is Biden doing by the way? National Guard on the way to Texas? I know there are 5,000 that could be deployed from around the Capitol building immediately to actually help Americans that need it. Are they on the road yet?
From your source: "State power plants submit weatherization plans to both the Public Utility Commission, which oversees the power industry, and ERCOT. In a conference call Monday, Dan Woodfin, ERCOT’s senior director of system operations, said generators followed best practices for winterization, but the severity of the weather went “well beyond the design parameters of an extreme Texas winter.”
I don't think so, Cap'n. I guess the old man who supposedly got more votes than any candidate in US history thinks he needs those troops to protect him from the people who allegedly voted for him in unprecedented numbers.
73 Percent of the U.S. Covered in Snow, the Most Widespread Coverage in 17 Years
https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2021-02-17-snow-cover-united-states-most-widespread-since-2003
But somehow only Texas was supposed to have foreseen this.
I wonder how many sunbelt states have the experience and the resources to deal with an unprecedented winter weather event as readily as Snowbelt states do.
https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2021-02-17-snow-cover-united-states-most-widespread-since-2003
But somehow only Texas was supposed to have foreseen this.
I wonder how many sunbelt states have the experience and the resources to deal with an unprecedented winter weather event as readily as Snowbelt states do.
One thing to keep in mind is it is not clear that ERCOT has any authority over natural gas suppliers....which had massive freezing problems....I have seen that production was at one point down 50% and prices up 400%....remember that most homes are heated with gas. I wonder how much of the gas fired generation was down because it would have created loses, the generators unable to recoup the gas charges.
But at base this is clearly a failure of government.
reagansghost
eternal
failure of Texan plutocrats to be exact
How so?
There are 680 plants statewide. "We have seen nothing like this honestly in Texas, that has covered the state like the storm has. It increased demand to an extreme, extraordinary height, and then the storm also made it difficult for the supply to be provided," Bill Magness, CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the agency that manages the state's power flow, told WFAA-TV.
The problem started Sunday night, when Winter Storm Uri moved in and temperatures plummeted to the single digits. "Beginning around 11:00 p.m., multiple generating units began tripping off-line in rapid progression due to the severe cold weather," Dan Woodfin, senior director of system operations at ERCOT, told WFAA. Key equipment froze, natural gas supplies were limited and, after daylight, solar farms were blocked out by cloud cover and snow.
The record breaking weather led to record breaking demand for power, which strained the grid.
Rolling blackouts didn't go as planned. ERCOT ordered local power companies to institute periodic shutoffs to keep the grid from shutting down altogether. But because there was already so little power to go around - and neighborhoods with hospitals, fire stations and water treatment plants were prioritized for energy - it was hard to evenly rotate the blackouts.
That meant some homes were without power for extended periods of time, while others never lost it all.
Texas is the only state that runs its own power grid without any federal oversight. It also doesn't require power equipment to be winterized against extended periods of below-freezing temperatures, like other states do, according to WFAA. David Tuttle, a research associate with the Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, said the issue comes up every decade or so, but cost is always a question. "All of us would love to say, we want super reliable [electricity]," Tuttle told WFAA. "It would be millions to really bulletproof the system for that. How much do we want to pay to go protect ourselves with insurance policies for rare events?"
https://weather.com/news/news/2021-02-16-why-so-many-power-outages-in-texas-winter-storm
PEMEX has plenty of natural gas.
Focusing almost completely on having cheap electricity, to the point that the investments were not made to either keep up with demand growth, or to protect the grid from the known vulnerabilities to cold weather.
Non sequitur.
David Tuttle, a research associate with the Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, said the issue comes up every decade or so, but cost is always a question. "All of us would love to say, we want super reliable [electricity]," Tuttle told WFAA. "It would be millions to really bulletproof the system for that. How much do we want to pay to go protect ourselves with insurance policies for rare events?"
https://weather.com/news/news/2021-02-16-why-so-many-power-outages-in-texas-winter-storm
I have seen that disputed but what is not in dispute is that when Texas gas suppliers froze up Northern Mexican power generators were fucked.
BTW I was wrong about prices up 600%...I misremembered from reading last night:
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-l...nited-states-8e833cf1df3d2c2dd849133d21329e3a
Too bad. I suppose the Mexicans should have bought Mexican gas in anticipation of an unprecedented weather event, if they are being held to the same standard of preparedness that Texan officials are.