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

[AlbertaFarmer5]

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.

You are getting so close to having an epiphany.
Can you think of any reason why any region of the globe would be finding themselves unprepared for record cold temperatures, and unseasonable winter conditions?
Is there any theory that has been widely touted in recent decades that would make everyone complacent that these types of events are not going to occur now or into the future?
In fact, can you think of any widely held "beliefs" that might have caused most to be preparing for the exact opposite phenomenon?
Do you think if those who subscribed to this new theory had studied weather history, instead of wasting all of their resources and attention creating and relying on future climate models, they might have thought it prudent to prepare for weather such as this?

At some point, beliefs have to be tested against reality. That just occured for many, too early to know if the lessons will be learned.

[oneoff]

You are getting so close to having an epiphany.
Can you think of any reason why any region of the globe would be finding themselves unprepared for record cold temperatures, and unseasonable winter conditions?
Is there any theory that has been widely touted in recent decades that would make everyone complacent that these types of events are not going to occur now or into the future?
In fact, can you think of any widely held "beliefs" that might have caused most to be preparing for the exact opposite phenomenon?
Do you think if those who subscribed to this new theory had studied weather history, instead of wasting all of their resources and attention creating and relying on future climate models, they might have thought it prudent to prepare for weather such as this?

At some point, beliefs have to be tested against reality. That just occured for many, too early to know if the lessons will be learned.

Right on.........and an additional note that Sask has invested in gas caverns since 1964. Too bad renewables don't have a backup plan when all gas generation is caused to be ceased be in less than a decade.
Looks like promoters haven't even heard of planning.

[checking]

Many thanks for the picture.


The rest of the story was that the Texan's light sabre discharged overnight, and that he found himself sealed inside the frozen carcass with no way out. Preparing for inevitable death his mind wandered to all the good and poor decisions he had made in his life. One memory he struck on was how many times he had voted Republican in his life. He felt so small he crawled out the carcasses a**hole.

[Hamloc]

You are getting so close to having an epiphany.
Can you think of any reason why any region of the globe would be finding themselves unprepared for record cold temperatures, and unseasonable winter conditions?
Is there any theory that has been widely touted in recent decades that would make everyone complacent that these types of events are not going to occur now or into the future?
In fact, can you think of any widely held "beliefs" that might have caused most to be preparing for the exact opposite phenomenon?
Do you think if those who subscribed to this new theory had studied weather history, instead of wasting all of their resources and attention creating and relying on future climate models, they might have thought it prudent to prepare for weather such as this?

At some point, beliefs have to be tested against reality. That just occured for many, too early to know if the lessons will be learned.

I think what is instructive here is that many media articles blame the fact that Texas has a basically private for profit generation system and that greed kept these companies from properly preparing for cold weather. They were more worried about profits according to some articles. Now water lines are freezing and water treatment facilities are not functioning so boil water advisories have went out. Personally I think it is fairly simple as AB5 suggests, it is damn cold in Texas and everybody believed that cold weather was a thing of the past!

[Guest]

Poor climatards are wringing their hands in dismay with all the coverage Texas “prairie winter” is getting

[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.