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    Default The February 2021 Winter Storm in Texas

    Power Outages: Failure of Wind Turbines has been a Major Part of the Problem


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    Following are three quotes from an op-ed that appeared in the Wall Street Journal of February 16, 2021, and the op-ed is entitled "The Political Making of a Texas Power Outage". The quotes were reproduced in the video that is linked to below, and they extend from 14:11 - 16:56.

    (Texas Governor Greg) Abbott blamed his state's extensive power outages on generators freezing early Monday morning, noting 'this includes the natural gas & coal generators.' But frigid temperatures and icy conditions have descended on most of the country. Why couldn't Texas handle them while other states did?
    The problem is (Texas') (over-reliance) on wind power that has left the grid more vulnerable to bad weather. Half of wind turbines froze last week, causing wind's share of electricity to plunge to 8% from 42%. Power prices in the wholesale market spiked, and grid regulators on Friday warned of rolling blackouts. Natural gas and coal generators ramped up to cover the supply gap but couldn't meet the surging demand for electricity -- which half of households rely on for heating -- even as many families powered up their gas furnaces. Then some gas wells and pipelines froze.
    In short, there wasn't enough baseload power from coal and nuclear to support the grid. Baseload power is needed to stabilize grid frequency amid changes in demand and supply. When there's not enough baseload power, the grid gets unbalanced and power sources can fail. The more the grid relies on intermittent renewables like wind and solar, the more baseload power is needed to back them up.
    What I didn't know is that fully 42% of Texas' power output has come from wind power. That's not far from literally half of Texas' electrical production.


    Video | The first 25 minutes of the video deal with the reasons why a lot of the Texas electrical grid went down.
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    But... "global warming"

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    Ted Cruz took a nice little vacay to Cancun to get away from the cold weather

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    Those silly windmills aren't green energy, they are a meme. Real green energy is nuclear and thorium. But thanks to climate change, this will keep happening more and more.

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    It seems windturbines are not at fault (as they are overproducing), it's the shitty electrical infrastructure which was never built to withstand the current weather and local power companies messing with the market to increase to price of electricity.

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    Default "... Data Shows Wind-Power Was Chief Culprit Of Texas Grid Collapse "


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    With the worst of the Texas power crisis now behind us, the blame and fingerpointing begins, and while the jury is still out whose actions (or lack thereof) may have led to the deadly and widespread blackouts that shocked Texas this week, Cascend Strategy writes that 'in case there was any doubt why the Texas grid collapsed, the data is clear'

    • Wind failed as 'Ice storms knocked out nearly half the wind-power generating capacity of Texas on Sunday as a massive deep freeze across the state locked up wind turbine generators, creating an electricity generation crisis.'
    • Natural gas made up the difference for a while
    • But then everything else followed down

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    Quote Originally Posted by Celestia View Post
    Ted Cruz took a nice little vacay to Cancun to get away from the cold weather


    CN(BS) and their bs double standards. Ted is a great senator, when the leftards do something wrong they stay silent, but if the right does all hell breaks lose
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    Quote Originally Posted by SilverKnight View Post
    CN(BS) and their bs double standards. Ted is a great senator, when the leftards do something wrong they stay silent, but if the right does all hell breaks lose
    Lol, I’m not a liberal but what he did wasn’t good. You can be a republican and acknowledge when someone in your party does something wrong and he did.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Celestia View Post
    Lol, I’m not a liberal but what he did wasn’t good. You can be a republican and acknowledge when someone in your party does something wrong and he did.
    Cruz isn't a governor/ legislative body within the state Texas, he's a federal senator representing the state of Texas in D.C. Some might not like what he did, others (like me) don't give a crap what people do with their free time and life. Now if governor Abbott would have done this, totally different case/ story. Perhaps Ted had enough of all the drama this last year or so, he has worked hard af, and needed a nice break in warmer Cancun (which coincided with the whole arctic-like weather in the Texas), who knows. People are making this wayyyyy too much of a big deal..
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