Cute article..Yawn….
No, frozen wind turbines aren’t the main culprit for Texas’ power outages
Lost wind power was expected to be a fraction of winter generation. All sources — from natural gas, to nuclear, to coal, to solar — have struggled to generate power during the storm that has left millions of Texans in the dark.www.google.com
Angry who is angry. Pimp slap is a staple at my house just like Big Dick Energy. I wouldn't be here if it made me angry what type of entertainment would that be? See I like oddities in life but you just suck. You need to train under Pilt. Come back with something better.
You are telling me the free market misallocated resources to an unreliable source of energy?
If the free market is rendered helpless by tax credits, imagine what something like asymmetric information or unmarketable risk or unpriced externalities.
Wind and solar are the problem with our grid. Government money makes wind and solar substantially more attractive for the balance sheet but absolutely sucks in times of an emergency.
Thanks for posting, proves we should not rely on renewables in times of emergency. Which means it's nothing more than a luxury.Yawn….
No, frozen wind turbines aren’t the main culprit for Texas’ power outages
Lost wind power was expected to be a fraction of winter generation. All sources — from natural gas, to nuclear, to coal, to solar — have struggled to generate power during the storm that has left millions of Texans in the dark.
***Lives in Texas, depends on wind/solar as a part of the grid, bitches and moans emptily yet again***
***thinks fossil fuels and nuclear as the predominant power sources year-round makes any sense in terms of economics, ecology and efficiency***
It makes sense from the standpoint it is safe, reliable and cost effective. Even from an environmental standpoint it's on the same or better level as wind and solar when considering production, land usage and the impact on wildlife.
I'm not a fan of wind or solar energy with the technology that is available today. They both leave a huge footprint on land and have a huge negative impact on wildlife. Not to mention the production process creates more pollution that oil and gas.
Have you seen the impact windfarms are making on wildlife? I have seen it firsthand and I'm not a fan. How many acres of land do these windfarms take up? When you drive down I-35 they stretch as far as the eye can see. Same out on in West Texas.
Feigning outrage from your usual moral pedestal raining showers of condescension upon us all…
Someone is saying Texas has a free market libertarian utility regime? Who made that point? And even if they are correct if there was a truly free market they could rid themselves of the danger by not participating in the train wreck, and mocking those fools that did.
Oh man, you should've been around during this cold snap last year -- lots of people lost their electricity in Texas, and although the state government has been in republican hands for at least a generation, it was the dem' s fault!
www.eenews.net
Yes, my power was out much of two days in Dallas (much better than my folks in OK who had about 10 days of outages last winter). Not sure what politics had to do with it one way or the other.
One turbine takes up less land than your house. Have you seen a multi well pad?
They are an ugly site. Last fall all of them in NW Oklahoma that interfered with certain bird migrations had to be shut down.
Ok. Anything unique about Texas problems you mentioned? Texas falls in the average range for outages. Not even close to the problem states like, NJ, OK, etc:
Not too many years ago, you could take your own snowmobile up there. It was pretty cool. We parked the trucks and trailers at Flagg Ranch (south entrance), went by Old Faithful, zipped over to West Yellowstone to spend the night and then came back the next day. West Yellowstone is a very snowmobile-friendly town. Ride your sled to a bar or restaurant and then back to the motel. Or that’s the way it used to be, anyway.
We stay in Big Sky, ski for two or three days, take a break mid trip to go snowmobiling through Yellowstone and then back to ski for a few more days. Looking to go back in the next couple of years to take my grandson.
