Massive Texas Blackouts, State of Emergency Triggered By Failed Green Energy Wind Turbines...Can't Handle Winter Weather

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[–]FediNetizen 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

First off, the power outages were primarily because of natural gas plants that were forced to shut down. The state doesn't have a lot of storage at their plants, or infrastructure designed to handle weather this cold. If you want a real article on the power situation instead of more of the right-wing crap that dominates this site, I recommend this one.

With regards to wind, it is true that some wind turbines did shut down because of the cold as well, but wind power makes up 7% of Texas' energy grid. Natural Gas makes up 40%. Also, the turbines on the coast that weren't shut down due to temps were actually putting out more power than is typical for this time of year because of the winds from the storm.

[–]bjam27 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Complete lie. Nat Gas as a percent of energy mix tripled while renewables went to zero. Stop gaslighting.

[–]FediNetizen 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Here is a graph of the energy generated by source around when the shutdowns happened. Maybe you can help me understand, but it seems to me like your 3x stat is bogus, and the only time that renewables (wind) went to (near) zero was during the day, well after the shutdowns.

[–]Bigs 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I heard solar and wind were 40%? And solar and wind are absolutely shit when it snows...

[–]FediNetizen 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Solar + Wind is not Wind. But no, it's definitely not 40% either way. This chart says wind is actually 16%, while natural gas is over 50%. I wonder what the 7% figure in the article was referring to then.

[–]Bigs 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

My bad, I was just skimming an article that said "a fourth", so 25%.

Edit. Looking at the "7%" article, it's bullshit propaganda. Take a closer look at it?

[–]bjam27 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Closer to 90% of you look at the energy mix.

Nat Gas as a percent of energy mix tripled while renewables dropped off a cliff.

But politicians will still force and subsidize unreliable renewals and restrict gas. Thousands would be dead without gas.

[–]bjam27 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Lefties really deny science. Nat Gas literally saved the day. Renewables caused this and its not even the first time. Expect far more in the future.

https://schaperintl.com/2021/02/18/the-texas-blackout-all-you-need-to-know/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSN2749522920080228

[–]FediNetizen 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, no. Wind output was already highly variable and the loss from shutdowns was negligible compared to total load. Plants couldn't get gas because others needed it for heating, and their pipes were freezing because they hadn't winterized.

Have you never stopped to wonder why you can find wind farms (and natural gas plants) at Northern latitudes where it regularly gets colder than what Texas experienced, as if these same areas don't experience weather like this every year?