Frozen Wind Farms Are Just a Small Piece of Texas’s Power Woes

[theHawk]

D'ya think that Texans believe in Climate Change now?

'Cause, guess what! THEIR CLIMATE SURE HAS CHANGED!

Looks like the whole state is turning BLUE!!!!

You think Texans have never been through a freeze before?

How stupid are you?

 

[OKTexas]

D'ya think that Texans believe in Climate Change now?

'Cause, guess what! THEIR CLIMATE SURE HAS CHANGED!

Looks like the whole state is turning BLUE!!!!

It's been this cold before, and it'll be this cold again. It's called weather not climate.

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Last time was 35 years ago. If you believe that these normally ice and snow free areas will get cold again you must be denying the existence of global warming. No. The climate is not changing.

Sure the climate is changing, the contention that man can control it is the folly. It takes the hubris of a commiecrat to even think that way.

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[Jim H - VA USA]

It's quite funny to me that you do no understand that Northern latitudes and tiny amounts of snow are incredibly disastrous to solar power in the Winter, when you need it.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

There are huge wind turbines around Palm Springs. Miles of them. Acres of them. None are operational but if they were not a one has a heater. They were shut down because they killed too many birds.

It's incredibly common.



I don't even want to post the Norway videos. I hate seeing animals get hurt.

That's why they are sitting as hunks of junk. The environmentalists giveth and the environmentalists taketh away.

 

[OKTexas]

Put a half inch of ice on any power system and it will go down. It's that simple.

Gee...I wonder how they manage in North Dakota...or Canada...

When do they get days of freezing rain?

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[dudmuck]

It's quite funny to me that you do no understand that Northern latitudes and tiny amounts of snow are incredibly disastrous to solar power in the Winter, when you need it.

snow isnt a big problem on panels

Simpleray Solar

When bad weather hits, you may be concerned about snow on your solar panels. But don't worry! Snow on solar panels isn't a concern due to the design of your arrays panels.

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[Lesh]

There was nothing like this storm in 2011, idiot.

I live in NY. We've had 20 deg weather for a month...teens at night. Just had a storm that dropped 20 inches of snow. No loss of power other than a few power lines down. OUR fossil fuel power plants and nuke plants didn't fail. It ain't rocket surgery

You think Texans have never been through a freeze before?

What I think is that Texas Republican politicians didn't properly plan for eventualities. They cheaped out and people are dying

 

[Lesh]

When do they get days of freezing rain?

Yea we just had that too.

You think that only happens in Texas dumass?

 

[OKTexas]

There are huge wind turbines around Palm Springs. Miles of them. Acres of them. None are operational but if they were not a one has a heater. They were shut down because they killed too many birds.

It's incredibly common.



I don't even want to post the Norway videos. I hate seeing animals get hurt.

And solar farms fry birds in flight, where's PETA to shut them down.

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[Jim H - VA USA]

snow isnt a big problem on panels

...in places where it does not snow.

Does it snow where you live?

How many solar panels are on your roof?

Why not any?

Fact: If you want solar power, you should put it on your own roof, not buy the electricity from the power company that will more than double the cost to deliver it to you along with lots of taxes.

The reason you do not have solar panels on your roof is simply because it is ridiculously expensive, and you do not live where there are no power lines.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

D'ya think that Texans believe in Climate Change now?

'Cause, guess what! THEIR CLIMATE SURE HAS CHANGED!

Looks like the whole state is turning BLUE!!!!

It's been this cold before, and it'll be this cold again. It's called weather not climate.

.

Last time was 35 years ago. If you believe that these normally ice and snow free areas will get cold again you must be denying the existence of global warming. No. The climate is not changing.

Sure the climate is changing, the contention that man can control it is the folly. It takes the hubris of a commiecrat to even think that way.

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No climates are changing. There are 7 climate zones; polar, boreal forest, mountain, temperate, Mediterranean, desert, grassland, tropical. Which climate is changing into another climate? 30 years ago Saint Algore said that the polar climate was actually becoming tropical. In 30 years how tropical has it become? The believers have claimed that glaciers have had parts break off. Every year. The same break offs. Every year. This is a natural occurrence. It is called calving and where ice bergs come from.

So there has been no climate change and no global warming. Communists hide their ignorance by insisting that those who know what nonsense this is just lack an education.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

There are huge wind turbines around Palm Springs. Miles of them. Acres of them. None are operational but if they were not a one has a heater. They were shut down because they killed too many birds.

It's incredibly common.



I don't even want to post the Norway videos. I hate seeing animals get hurt.

And solar farms fry birds in flight, where's PETA to shut them down.

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Solar farms can alleviate the danger by adjusting the tilt of the panels. If a bird lands on one BUZZT.

 

[Lesh]

Climate Change is not the issue here...renewables are not the issue here.

Piss poor planning on the part of Republican legislators is the issue. They failed Texas and now people are dying.

 

[Jim H - VA USA]

And solar farms fry birds in flight, where's PETA to shut them down.

Solar farms can alleviate the danger by adjusting the tilt of the panels. If a bird lands on one BUZZT.

It's not when a bird lands on one.

It's when a bird flies though the shine from concentrating solar mirrors, not solar panels. It happens in mid air...

This Solar Plant Accidentally Incinerates Up to 6,000 Birds a Year

A rare and unusual type of solar power plant that concentrates sunlight in California is accidentally killing up to 6,000 birds every year, with staff reporting that the birds keep flying into its concentrated beams of sunlight, and spontaneously bursting...

www.sciencealert.com

 

[EvilCat Breath]

snow isnt a big problem on panels

...in places where it does not snow.

Does it snow where you live?

How many solar panels are on your roof?

Why not any?

Fact: If you want solar power, you should put it on your own roof, not buy the electricity from the power company that will more than double the cost to deliver it to you along with lots of taxes.

The reason you do not have solar panels on your roof is simply because it is ridiculously expensive, and you do not live where there are no power lines.

I do have some information as to solar panels at least in California. Solar panels to supply power to a 5 bedroom home is approx $30,000.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Climate Change is not the issue here...renewables are not the issue here.

Piss poor planning on the part of Republican legislators is the issue. They failed Texas and now people are dying.

Puffle. I guarantee you that no wind turbines in southern California, south Arizona or south New Mexico have heaters.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

And solar farms fry birds in flight, where's PETA to shut them down.

Solar farms can alleviate the danger by adjusting the tilt of the panels. If a bird lands on one BUZZT.

It's not when a bird lands on one.

It's when a bird flies though the shine from concentrating solar mirrors, not solar panels. It happens in mid air...

This Solar Plant Accidentally Incinerates Up to 6,000 Birds a Year

A rare and unusual type of solar power plant that concentrates sunlight in California is accidentally killing up to 6,000 birds every year, with staff reporting that the birds keep flying into its concentrated beams of sunlight, and spontaneously bursting...

www.sciencealert.com

Solar MIRRORS! That must be why they are so rare.

 

[Lesh]

Climate Change is not the issue here...renewables are not the issue here.

Piss poor planning on the part of Republican legislators is the issue. They failed Texas and now people are dying.

Puffle. I guarantee you that no wind turbines in southern California, south Arizona or south New Mexico have heaters.

Let me know if they freeze.

Newsflash. The fossil fuel plants and nuke plants froze as well...and that was where Texas was supposed to get 90% of their energy from

 

[OKTexas]

It's quite funny to me that you do no understand that Northern latitudes and tiny amounts of snow are incredibly disastrous to solar power in the Winter, when you need it.

snow isnt a big problem on panels

Simpleray Solar

When bad weather hits, you may be concerned about snow on your solar panels. But don't worry! Snow on solar panels isn't a concern due to the design of your arrays panels.

www.simpleray.com

Too fucking funny, snow isn't a problem, unless the primary source is out. Then you can just freeze right along with your worthless panels.

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[kife]

Put a half inch of ice on any power system and it will go down. It's that simple.

Gee...I wonder how they manage in North Dakota...or Canada...

When do they get days of freezing rain?

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We get shit tons of freezing rain in Canada, we also get temperatures well into the -30's fahrenheit. Wind Turbines and Solar both work fine in these conditions.