Watching the fallout from the weather in Texas - lessons to be learned.

[Tacos4me]

I have friends and family in Texas. Their stories ring with how we prepare for issues in the PNW. They don't have electricity or water and now the stores and gas stations are running low on supplies. It will take time for utilities to return to normal due to their infrastructure. Even the plumbing stores are running low due to all the water line breaks. Generators are in high demand but hard to find as well as the gasoline situation. Keep your tanks full, keep water ready, food supplies stocked and alternate forms of heat available. I am sure other states are having these issues.

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[bzltyr]

Also! Solar and wind power do not work in snow or ice.

 

[kbf64]

lol, my mom was saying something about that, she didn't finish the sentence before I think she realized that this is not the time you want green energy...

Just ask yourself, if your wife was giving birth do you want the diesel generator as back-up or some windmills ?

 

[Yotehunt]

Do they still have rights to firearms and ammo?

 

[Stomper]

Houston was hit the hardest, but they'll just blame Trump and continue to re-elect Shiela Jackson-Lee.... 'cuz "tribalism".


No lessons will be learned, bank on it!

 

[WWShooter]

Also! Solar and wind power do not work in snow or ice.

Tell that to Alaska, Greenland and any of the Scandinavian countries with green energy. No, this was totally a failure resulting from the Texas state government not wanting to tell their power companies to prepare for cold weather (i.e., deregulating). Isn't it odd that the power grids regulated by the federal government don't seem to have these issues? The rest of the South (the Eastern Grid) isn't seeing this. El Paso, served by the Western (federal grid), is doing just fine. For some reason only the Texas grid is crippled by this unusual cold weather.

 

[dfisher1981]

Houston was hit the hardest, but they'll just blame Trump and continue to re-elect Shiela Jackson-Lee.... 'cuz "tribalism".


No lessons will be learned, bank on it!

The biggest cities with the most electrical demand were hardest hit? You don't say.

The good news is Senator Cruz is hard at work getting power restored.

 

[dfisher1981]

lol, my mom was saying something about that, she didn't finish the sentence before I think she realized that this is not the time you want green energy...

Just ask yourself, if your wife was giving birth do you want the diesel generator as back-up or some windmills ?

If my wife was giving birth, I'd go to a state outside Texas where the hospitals still have power and clean water, and their leaders aren't incompetent.

 

[Stomper]

Pie in the sky, feel good and save the whales "renewable" energy on the left..... the cold hard reality of physics on the right:

 

[Yotehunt]

Houston was hit the hardest, but they'll just blame Trump and continue to re-elect Shiela Jackson-Lee.... 'cuz "tribalism".


No lessons will be learned, bank on it!

This, is an AR15 bullet.. Heavy as 10 of my daily poops. This thing should require registration!

 

[titsonritz]

The lesson to be learned here is the Green New Deal is B.S. when it comes to sustainable energy and it's proponents sure love that fossil fuel and generators when they're freezing their azzes off.

 

[kbf64]

Tell that to Alaska, Greenland and any of the Scandinavian countries with green energy. No, this was totally a failure resulting from the Texas state government not wanting to tell their power companies to prepare for cold weather (i.e., deregulating). Isn't it odd that the power grids regulated by the federal government don't seem to have these issues? The rest of the South (the Eastern Grid) isn't seeing this. El Paso, served by the Western (federal grid), is doing just fine. For some reason only the Texas grid is crippled by this unusual cold weather.

they have windmills in alaska powering any major cities? the swedes are using solar?

the closest thing we have that has a high enough net energy gain for a real population is hydroelectric, perhaps geothermal in a select number of areas. Unless you count nuclear as a potential green energy, you will not sustain a large population with enough power to live a modern lifestyle.

 

[kbf64]

Energy return on investment - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

hydro is the only "green" energy that works for us now... and that doesn't work in the middle of a desert...

 

[asiparks]

only 12% of Texas power is "green", so thank heavens the other 88% provided by traditional coal, oil and gas is working so faultlessly ...oh, wait.....

 

[asiparks]

Also! Solar and wind power do not work in snow or ice.

They do, but Texas didn't think they'd get much snow or ice....

Why Wind Turbines In Cold Climates Don’t Freeze: De-Icing And Carbon Fiber

Turbines in colder climates are typically equipped with de-icing and other tools, such as built-in heating. In Texas, it's not usually necessary.

www.forbes.com

 

[DangerDog]

The Texas winter makes you wish your were patrolling the Mojave...

 

[Catfishmoon]

It is going to be boom times for plumbers in Texas and the surrounding areas that are totally unprepared for extended periods of cold weather, there will be so many cracked water pipes.

 

[titsonritz]

only 12% of Texas power is "green",

Not according to the Texas Department of Energy.

 

[Stomper]

It is going to be boom times for plumbers in Texas and the surrounding areas that are totally unprepared for extended periods of cold weather, there will be so many cracked water pipes.

Not to mention the Chicken Ranch is going to see an uptick in clientel....

 

[Certaindeaf]

It is going to be boom times for plumbers in Texas and the surrounding areas that are totally unprepared for extended periods of cold weather, there will be so many cracked water pipes.

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