-8c in texas ...thats gotta be a marketing topic?

[Hamloc]

System operators and designers know very well that solar and wind are intermittent and design enough back up into the system to cover off intermittent renewables.

What happened in Texas is demand went through the roof and the fossil fuel sources failed and wind and solar were still putting out a predictably small winter amount.

So the reality is the Texas was not prepared for an extreme winter weather event. Alberta on the other hand is well prepared for winter.

I tried to find the post from a few months ago where you were bragging up all the renewable power generation in Texas and how it was all private companies investing in solar and wind, maybe Dml could dig that up he seems to be very efficient at finding old posts.

[Guest]

Easy when you have staff

[jazz]

Forget Tesla, buy yourself a F150

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/18/some-texans-use-2021-ford-f-150-hybrids-to-power-homes-amid-winter-storm.html

[Guest]

That’s what I was asking the other day of AF4
But maybe Tesla’s are different
I guess no onboard generator ?

[Guest]

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/02/14/historic-winter-storm-freezes-texas-wind-turbines-hampering-electric-generation/4483230001/ Green jobs flying copters to de-ice windmill blades.

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It appears the "alt right" sheeple and circle jerk club are one and the same. Classic trump style sensationalism. Just pointing out that the photo is several years old and not even from Texas. It was an experiment in deicing methods using boiling water. Tech has come a long way since.

[Guest]

I wonder if they have all the safety hookups like you need when you power your hose with a generator?
I wonder if the power is safe for electronics?

[jazz]

Ha so it's Trumps fault the uneconomic tax payer subsidized windmills froze up. I knew it.

[foragefarmer]

Ha so it's Trumps fault the uneconomic tax payer subsidized windmills froze up. I knew it.

Federal Regulators warned in 2011 Texas power plants would have serious problems in bitterly cold conditions.

In 1989 Texas had to do system-wide rolling blackouts for the first time.

This problem was long before windmills, seems a very poorly managed power grid has been going on for years in Texas.

Now the ordinary person suffers while Teddy Cruz goes on holidays

[jazz]

Federal Regulators warned in 2011 Texas power plants would have serious problems in bitterly cold conditions.

I guess spending $5T fighting the war on terror instead of building infrastructure in your own country isnt a great return on investment after all. At least not for people needing to heat their homes.

[foragefarmer]

I guess spending $5T fighting the war on terror instead of building infrastructure in your own country isnt a great return on investment after all. At least not for people needing to heat their homes.

Ya, those Bush's have done wonders throughout the decades.