[FRIAM] Here's How the Texas Energy Grid Fell Short

[Gillian Densmore]

Question is microwave power collection not here yet? oOO
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_power Or just not
practical? and how the hell do you let a nuclear power plants water supply
frease, that sounds like a disaster waiting to happen!

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 2:49 AM Gillian Densmore <gil.densmore at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It's got some nuclear power plants as well. those were/are practically
> frozen, along with their oil, coal etc. all of thats an ice cube because
> "why would anyone invest in heat and cold protection in west texas?"
> Translation they cut  safety corners for profit.  in the meen time a large
> amount of the state won't get any power back till at least friday or when
> ever the weather their isn't ass.: ie litterrally freezing temperatures.
> god knows when that'll be.
> Breader, matter-antimatter[not practical yet], and even steam is
> renewable. Fusion is as well (sort of). Wind Turbines, while a neet feet
> aren't practical they look and sound pretty.
>
> https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/what-went-wrong-with-the-energy-grid-in-texas/
>
> Fisable materials for energy cost a grip still? oO weird  I guess if it
> still uses Uranium over Xenon or some other common element.
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 10:20 PM cody dooderson <d00d3rs0n at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Leave it to a conservative think tank to get to the root of this story
>> first(sarcasm). I would like to see some proof to their assertion, and
>> hopefully before my inlaws come over and rant my ear off about the dangers
>> of Biden's wind power . Wind power is only about 16% of Texas' total energy
>> generation 🌬. While I do not understand the details of electricity grids,
>> I find it hard to believe that a few frozen wind turbines lead to a near
>> statewide blackout.
>> On top of that, I was under the impression that wind power was very
>> intermittent, and energy storage is still a huge problem. Was the Texas
>> power grid relying on the wind to be blowing really hard during this cold
>> snap?
>> That being said I hope renewable energies become more reliable and cheap
>> and those conservative think tanks lose their Exxon funding.
>>
>> 🌬 October 2017 data from
>> https://www.eia.gov/beta/electricity/data/browser/#/topic/0?agg=2,0,1&fuel=vtvv&sec=g&geo=0000000002&freq=M&tab=generation&start=200101&end=201710&ctype=linechart&ltype=pin&maptype=0&rse=0&pin=
>>
>>
>>
>> Cody Smith
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 8:51 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> https://www.texaspolicy.com/heres-how-the-texas-energy-grid-fell-short/
>>>
>>> Another viewpoint on the Texas Powergrid mystery.
>>>
>>> Clean energy is definitely made the boogie man here.
>>>
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