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

[Frank Wimberly]

I just asked, "Alexa, what percentage of US electric power comes from
nuclear?" The answer was that approximately 20% of the Country's power
comes from about 100 nuclear plants.  I believe nuclear has become
expensive because of outdated regulations and liability expenses.  Is that
correct, Jack?

Does Texas have any?



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Frank C. Wimberly
140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
Santa Fe, NM 87505

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Santa Fe, NM

On Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 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.
>>
>> n
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