Ts179 Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 look at texas. ppl literally freezing to death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 25 minutes ago, Ts179 said: look at texas. ppl literally freezing to death. This should expose the dangers of going too far with renewable energy...it should, but it wont. Energy use is sky high, whole regions exceed demand, forcing blackouts, just imagine if the lunatics get their way and people were forced to heat with electricity, not to mention charging cars? It would be a total disaster, of course they dont care if people freeze, they only care about their virtue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajt Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 16 minutes ago, mikeman said: This should expose the dangers of going too far with renewable energy...it should, but it wont. Our current energy infrastructure is failing and that’s your takeaway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 20 minutes ago, mikeman said: This should expose the dangers of going too far with renewable energy...it should, but it wont. Energy use is sky high, whole regions exceed demand, forcing blackouts, just imagine if the lunatics get their way and people were forced to heat with electricity, not to mention charging cars? It would be a total disaster, of course they dont care if people freeze, they only care about their virtue. democrats can never admit they are wrong they still think masks work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 35 minutes ago, ajt said: Our current energy infrastructure is failing and that’s your takeaway? yes, wind power failed, it's that simple, they obviously need to lessen their reliance on wind, or certainly not build more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 My generator is resting comfortably in the garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ts179 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 18 minutes ago, Jimmy Hoffa said: My generator is resting comfortably in the garage. do you have gas ready? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ts179 said: do you have gas ready? 10 gallons. Losing power around here due to weather happens a couple of times every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 Yippe, it's above 0 for the first time since last wed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoke Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 Geez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ts179 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 looking at about $600 i suspect this is a purchase that you have to research Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, Ts179 said: looking at about $600 i suspect this is a purchase that you have to research Honda inverter generators are great but pricey. You can grab a cheap one at a Harbor Freight store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAG Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 hour ago, mikeman said: Oh wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajt Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 6 hours ago, mikeman said: yes, wind power failed, it's that simple, they obviously need to lessen their reliance on wind, or certainly not build more. That’s bullshit. Wind makes up about 25% of Texas’ energy mix in the winter. The majority of outages were gas, coal, and nuclear plants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ts179 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 -20 degrees in iowa. power outages starting to be reported Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, ajt said: That’s bullshit. Wind makes up about 25% of Texas’ energy mix in the winter. The majority of outages were gas, coal, and nuclear plants. Not really, wind power is about 25% of their capacity, and at least 1/2 of that went down because of the ice(plus it might not be windy enough to produce what's left at a high level). Then the extreme cold caused demand to spike way up - and at the same time demand spiked in the whole region so there's no one to buy more from. Earlier today they said they were short about 18GW - enough to power 3 million homes, which is why they are short and having blackouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Anyone else getting sick of Texans crying about the cold? It hasn't been above 10 here for the last ten days Had a streak of about 140 hours where it didn't get above 0 and they have the whole state shut down over 20 degree temperatures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Real Texans laugh at the cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Just now, Jimmy Hoffa said: Real Texans laugh at the cold. I here they are now living in their cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 I drove through an El Paso ice storm and Texas were passing me doing 90 mph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, Jimmy Hoffa said: I drove through an El Paso ice storm and Texas were passing me doing 90 mph. Remember when the Rangers used to play night games on Sunday because of the heat? I think all those Texas pussies have dome stadiums now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, sleepy said: Remember when the Rangers used to play night games on Sunday because of the heat? I think all those Texas pussies have dome stadiums now. In the old days a cowboy and his horse could tolerate anything. It's a joke now, the Austin Dandies are pinking up the whole place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 A couple charts to show what's going on in TX. first - looks like they're short about 15000 MW 2nd - wind has dried up as well as several gas plants, etc have gone down. You can see that they are actually producing almost as much power as they did a week ago - but with the cold weather demand is so much higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downsouth Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 18 hours ago, Jimmy Hoffa said: Honda inverter generators are great but pricey. You can grab a cheap one at a Harbor Freight store. The Honda ones really are a cut above the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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