I'm So Glad For Global Warming I Can't Fucking See Straight

[Bush92]

Winter weather has millions trying to stay warm and vaccine providers worrying about shipping delays | CNN

While many Americans were dealing with how to stay warm Tuesday, some vaccine providers were dealing with the news that some shipments were running behind.

www.cnn.com

Tree hugging asslicks tell us on Gulf Coast

 

[Stryder50]

Texas' situation should be a forewarn of some of the faulty thinking regards electrical energy supply and generation plans being advocated by the pro-AGW/ACC crowd.

When it comes to so-called "renewables" such as 'wind' and 'solar', the wind needs to blow and the Sun shine for them to work. With cloud cover delivering snow, solar ain't going to work very well. Severe winds often cut off 'wind' since the generators auto shutoff if getting overloaded. Then too, the chill factor appears to freeze some of the wind generators. As the following excerpt and link shows, though wind is only about 23% of Texas' electrical grid, it is about 33% of the outage/shortfall currently being experienced.

'Massive failure': Why are millions of people in Texas still without power?
Extreme cold winter weather led to power outages and rolling blackouts in Texas. Here's why it happened.
...
Are frozen wind turbines to blame?
Some have pointed to freezing on wind turbines as a potential cause of the widespread outages, saying the renewable energy source is not reliable, but Cohan called those arguments "a red herring."

Rai said there are times of the year when wind is an extremely important energy source for Texas, powering half of the state's electricity supply.

This week, operators planned for much less wind capacity, in the range of 6,000 megawatts, Cohan said.

"Firm resources" – such as gas, coal and nuclear – failed to supply roughly 30,000 megawatts, which contributed to the bulk of the problem, Cohan said.
...

'Massive failure': Why are millions of people in Texas still without power?

Extreme cold winter weather led to power outages and rolling blackouts in Texas. Here's why it happened.

www.usatoday.com

However, other parts of the above article would contradict this "red herring" claim based in the information and data presented in the article. Loss of the wind turbines isn't a sole cause, but would appear to be a major factor when it's one-third of the toal shortfall.

 

[two_iron]

"Give me your money and I'll fix the weather for you"....

Said no human being ever. Only filthy fucking animals posing as human beings.

 

[Winston]

Texas' situation should be a forewarn of some of the faulty thinking regards electrical energy supply and generation plans being advocated by the pro-AGW/ACC crowd.

When it comes to so-called "renewables" such as 'wind' and 'solar', the wind needs to blow and the Sun shine for them to work. With cloud cover delivering snow, solar ain't going to work very well. Severe winds often cut off 'wind' since the generators auto shutoff if getting overloaded. Then too, the chill factor appears to freeze some of the wind generators. As the following excerpt and link shows, though wind is only about 23% of Texas' electrical grid, it is about 33% of the outage/shortfall currently being experienced.

'Massive failure': Why are millions of people in Texas still without power?
Extreme cold winter weather led to power outages and rolling blackouts in Texas. Here's why it happened.
...
Are frozen wind turbines to blame?
Some have pointed to freezing on wind turbines as a potential cause of the widespread outages, saying the renewable energy source is not reliable, but Cohan called those arguments "a red herring."

Rai said there are times of the year when wind is an extremely important energy source for Texas, powering half of the state's electricity supply.

This week, operators planned for much less wind capacity, in the range of 6,000 megawatts, Cohan said.

"Firm resources" – such as gas, coal and nuclear – failed to supply roughly 30,000 megawatts, which contributed to the bulk of the problem, Cohan said.
...

'Massive failure': Why are millions of people in Texas still without power?

Extreme cold winter weather led to power outages and rolling blackouts in Texas. Here's why it happened.

www.usatoday.com

However, other parts of the above article would contradict this "red herring" claim based in the information and data presented in the article. Loss of the wind turbines isn't a sole cause, but would appear to be a major factor when it's one-third of the toal shortfall.

Leave it to a rightie, take a situation and twist it into confirming your own beliefs regardless of reality. First, concerning wind. Wind is never considered a contributor to the "baseline" load. Wind is merely an additional supplier to supplement more stable sources when possible, not always, and most certainly, not during peak loads. The problem is the baseload calculated for the winter in Texas is low, some coal and gas plants were offline for routine servicing, and some natural gas supplies were disrupted. The real culprit here is that Texas attitude. See, there are three power grids in the US. The Western grid, the Eastern grid, and the Texas grid. Texas, and Texans, think they are "special". To avoid federal regulation of their power companies they refused to join the national grid, way back in 1935. So unlike any other state in the nation, where if powerplant failures or demand outstrips supply they can bring in power from other states, Texas' powergrid is self-contained. There would not be any rolling blackouts if Texas were part of the National Grid. Texas can blame no one. Not the weather, not the wind turbines, not liberals. Nope, Texans can only blame themselves.

 

[Stryder50]

While there is the issue of data inclusion or exclusion when charting and graphing, they can be informative in ways still;

 

[Stryder50]

Texas' situation should be a forewarn of some of the faulty thinking regards electrical energy supply and generation plans being advocated by the pro-AGW/ACC crowd.

When it comes to so-called "renewables" such as 'wind' and 'solar', the wind needs to blow and the Sun shine for them to work. With cloud cover delivering snow, solar ain't going to work very well. Severe winds often cut off 'wind' since the generators auto shutoff if getting overloaded. Then too, the chill factor appears to freeze some of the wind generators. As the following excerpt and link shows, though wind is only about 23% of Texas' electrical grid, it is about 33% of the outage/shortfall currently being experienced.

'Massive failure': Why are millions of people in Texas still without power?
Extreme cold winter weather led to power outages and rolling blackouts in Texas. Here's why it happened.
...
Are frozen wind turbines to blame?
Some have pointed to freezing on wind turbines as a potential cause of the widespread outages, saying the renewable energy source is not reliable, but Cohan called those arguments "a red herring."

Rai said there are times of the year when wind is an extremely important energy source for Texas, powering half of the state's electricity supply.

This week, operators planned for much less wind capacity, in the range of 6,000 megawatts, Cohan said.

"Firm resources" – such as gas, coal and nuclear – failed to supply roughly 30,000 megawatts, which contributed to the bulk of the problem, Cohan said.
...

'Massive failure': Why are millions of people in Texas still without power?

Extreme cold winter weather led to power outages and rolling blackouts in Texas. Here's why it happened.

www.usatoday.com

However, other parts of the above article would contradict this "red herring" claim based in the information and data presented in the article. Loss of the wind turbines isn't a sole cause, but would appear to be a major factor when it's one-third of the toal shortfall.

Leave it to a rightie, take a situation and twist it into confirming your own beliefs regardless of reality. First, concerning wind. Wind is never considered a contributor to the "baseline" load. Wind is merely an additional supplier to supplement more stable sources when possible, not always, and most certainly, not during peak loads. The problem is the baseload calculated for the winter in Texas is low, some coal and gas plants were offline for routine servicing, and some natural gas supplies were disrupted. The real culprit here is that Texas attitude. See, there are three power grids in the US. The Western grid, the Eastern grid, and the Texas grid. Texas, and Texans, think they are "special". To avoid federal regulation of their power companies they refused to join the national grid, way back in 1935. So unlike any other state in the nation, where if powerplant failures or demand outstrips supply they can bring in power from other states, Texas' powergrid is self-contained. There would not be any rolling blackouts if Texas were part of the National Grid. Texas can blame no one. Not the weather, not the wind turbines, not liberals. Nope, Texans can only blame themselves.

Actually, would seem this is more often the case;
"Leave it to a LEFTie, take a situation and twist it into confirming your own beliefs regardless of reality."

Most of what you say is already covered in the links presented, which hopefully you read.

With most of the nation under the "Arctic Blast" the nation's grid is also having "challenges."

The case regards Texas and their windmill generators is indicative of the larger issue which is the push by some that our nation needs to go to more of wind and solar and less of the hydro and carbon-based fuels for electrical energy generation.
Two of the charts in the above article/link;


Monthly production as of October 2020


Natural gas
19,890,000 MWh
52%
Wind & other nonhydroelectric renewables

8,679,000 MWh
23%
Coal

6,664,000 MWh
17%
Other*

3,193,000 MWh
8%
*Other includes nuclear, hydroelectric and petroleum
SOURCE Energy Information Administration
...

During a news conference Tuesday, representatives from ERCOT said there were 45,000 megawatts offline. Of that, 15,000 megawatts were wind and 30,000 were gas and coal.

Supply fell short by about 34,000 megawatts (MW) of energy, according to ERCOT. For comparison, when ERCOT restored 2,500 MW on Monday, that was enough power to serve 500,000 households.


33%
Wind
15,000 MW
Coal & gas

30,000 MW
66%
SOURCE Electric Reliability Council of Texas as of 4 p.m. Feb 16

 

[Stryder50]

Texas's 'Nightmare' Energy Situation Is a Warning to the Rest of America
...
Millions of Texans have lost power in the middle of a cold snap that brought below-freezing temperatures across the state. Struggling to keep warm in homes that are poorly insulated, some are turning to unsafe methods that will likely get them killed. One resident told The Washington Post that after only eight hours without power in Houston it was like an “apocalypse,” and she feared they’d “see a nightmare situation in the next few days.”

Commenting on the blackout in his home state, former Energy Secretary Rick Perry pointed out how important it is to have a diverse energy landscape. In recent years, however, reliance on coal has declined while renewable energy sources have been increasing.

How’s that working out? We’re seeing it play out now, Fox News's Tucker Carlson said Monday during his monologue.

“The windmills froze, so the power grid failed. Millions of Texans woke up Monday morning having to boil their water because with no electricity, it couldn't be purified,” he commented, noting the Green New Deal has arrived.
...

In a news release, ERCOT said the extreme weather led to "many generating units - across fuel types - to trip offline."

"Natural-gas-fired power plants generated 40% of Texas’s electricity in 2020, according to Ercot," WSJ reports, while "wind turbines were second at 23%, followed by coal at 18% and nuclear at 11%."
....

Texas's 'Nightmare' Energy Situation Is a Warning to the Rest of America

townhall.com

 

[Stryder50]

'A Deep Green Freeze': WSJ Editorial Board Torches Texas' Clean Energy Push

'A Deep Green Freeze': WSJ Editorial Board Torches Texas' Clean Energy Push

townhall.com

 

[Harry Dresden]

Texas' situation should be a forewarn of some of the faulty thinking regards electrical energy supply and generation plans being advocated by the pro-AGW/ACC crowd.

When it comes to so-called "renewables" such as 'wind' and 'solar', the wind needs to blow and the Sun shine for them to work. With cloud cover delivering snow, solar ain't going to work very well. Severe winds often cut off 'wind' since the generators auto shutoff if getting overloaded. Then too, the chill factor appears to freeze some of the wind generators. As the following excerpt and link shows, though wind is only about 23% of Texas' electrical grid, it is about 33% of the outage/shortfall currently being experienced.

'Massive failure': Why are millions of people in Texas still without power?
Extreme cold winter weather led to power outages and rolling blackouts in Texas. Here's why it happened.
...
Are frozen wind turbines to blame?
Some have pointed to freezing on wind turbines as a potential cause of the widespread outages, saying the renewable energy source is not reliable, but Cohan called those arguments "a red herring."

Rai said there are times of the year when wind is an extremely important energy source for Texas, powering half of the state's electricity supply.

This week, operators planned for much less wind capacity, in the range of 6,000 megawatts, Cohan said.

"Firm resources" – such as gas, coal and nuclear – failed to supply roughly 30,000 megawatts, which contributed to the bulk of the problem, Cohan said.
...

'Massive failure': Why are millions of people in Texas still without power?

Extreme cold winter weather led to power outages and rolling blackouts in Texas. Here's why it happened.

www.usatoday.com

However, other parts of the above article would contradict this "red herring" claim based in the information and data presented in the article. Loss of the wind turbines isn't a sole cause, but would appear to be a major factor when it's one-third of the toal shortfall.

Leave it to a rightie, take a situation and twist it into confirming your own beliefs regardless of reality. First, concerning wind. Wind is never considered a contributor to the "baseline" load. Wind is merely an additional supplier to supplement more stable sources when possible, not always, and most certainly, not during peak loads. The problem is the baseload calculated for the winter in Texas is low, some coal and gas plants were offline for routine servicing, and some natural gas supplies were disrupted. The real culprit here is that Texas attitude. See, there are three power grids in the US. The Western grid, the Eastern grid, and the Texas grid. Texas, and Texans, think they are "special". To avoid federal regulation of their power companies they refused to join the national grid, way back in 1935. So unlike any other state in the nation, where if powerplant failures or demand outstrips supply they can bring in power from other states, Texas' powergrid is self-contained. There would not be any rolling blackouts if Texas were part of the National Grid. Texas can blame no one. Not the weather, not the wind turbines, not liberals. Nope, Texans can only blame themselves.

Leave it to a rightie, take a situation and twist it into confirming your own beliefs regardless of reality.
lol.....yea die hard lefties dont do the same thing....