cqaigy2
Super Member
First off, im not a Texas hater or a windmill proponent, im not particularly fond of the looks of them in scenic view areas they're worse then those huge transmission lines coming off the dams. I think there is very good tech available for Nuc plants.
I've got relatives in both the El Paso and San Antonio areas. I'm especially concerned about a cousin in San Antonio who recently lost her husband. I'm very worried about her and have been in contact both with her and family in the area. The ones in El Paso seemed to be weather things in pretty good shape.
What I hope doesn't happen is the everyone just sticks their heads back in the sand and say it's the so called renewables that are the problem. For Texas, i find anywhere from 25 to 10% of the power on the Texas grid is renewables, by far the most generational capacity lost has been Nuc, and NG facilities. Part of which is from the loss of supply. Some of it from weather related problem.
But if we just say, oh, its because of the renewables or throw up our hands because it's just unusual bad weather and don't try to figure out if anything can be done so that in the future we don't have as big a problem, well i don't think that helps anyone.
I do hope they actually look at the breakdowns and make a rational assessment and as much as possible, keep the politics out of the decisions on what can be done, if anything.
When we first moved to our current place, we didn't realize how often we would lose power. We learned from those outages, i got a generator and installed it, then i got a woodstove and installed that and bought a freezer to store more food, setup the well. Our worst year was no power for over two weeks, along with secondary roads being blocked for a week. I really got a lot of use out of my chainsaw that year and lots of firewood, but i didn't throw up my hands and say oh, unusual bad weather or oh, its the renewables fault.
I've got relatives in both the El Paso and San Antonio areas. I'm especially concerned about a cousin in San Antonio who recently lost her husband. I'm very worried about her and have been in contact both with her and family in the area. The ones in El Paso seemed to be weather things in pretty good shape.
What I hope doesn't happen is the everyone just sticks their heads back in the sand and say it's the so called renewables that are the problem. For Texas, i find anywhere from 25 to 10% of the power on the Texas grid is renewables, by far the most generational capacity lost has been Nuc, and NG facilities. Part of which is from the loss of supply. Some of it from weather related problem.
But if we just say, oh, its because of the renewables or throw up our hands because it's just unusual bad weather and don't try to figure out if anything can be done so that in the future we don't have as big a problem, well i don't think that helps anyone.
I do hope they actually look at the breakdowns and make a rational assessment and as much as possible, keep the politics out of the decisions on what can be done, if anything.
When we first moved to our current place, we didn't realize how often we would lose power. We learned from those outages, i got a generator and installed it, then i got a woodstove and installed that and bought a freezer to store more food, setup the well. Our worst year was no power for over two weeks, along with secondary roads being blocked for a week. I really got a lot of use out of my chainsaw that year and lots of firewood, but i didn't throw up my hands and say oh, unusual bad weather or oh, its the renewables fault.
