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re: If Texas's central grid only relied on solar & wind energy, would anyone have electricity?
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:09 am to LSUGrrrl
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:09 am to LSUGrrrl
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No one is placing all the blame on renewable energy. We are simply pointing out that renewables were the least reliable energy producers during this event.
I mean, he's been proven wrong by multiple posters but still wants to defend renewables against any blame in this situation. If they held up, he wouldn't have to make up pretend statements to support renewable energy.
The reality is that wind turbine output collapsed almost entirely. Solar did as well, but solar was never reliable to begin with.
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Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:11 am to member12
I’m blaming the entire system—are renewables part of the system?
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:14 am to member12
Blaming renewables in this situation is like blaming the runt at the end of the bench, who played 1 minute, for the powerhouse basketball team losing the game. Wind is the Tx alt power and during winter makes up about 7% of the energy mix. Winter is for Nat gas and it froze at the well head, at the midstream processing plant, basically all along the supply chain. That’s the primary cause of the power situation.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:15 am to member12
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I mean, he's been proven wrong by multiple posters but still wants to defend renewables against any blame in this situation. If they held up, he wouldn't have to make up pretend statements to support renewable energy.
The blame is a lack of winterization for wind and thermal.
They run wind turbines in Norway in the winter, you don't think with proper maintenance and installation they couldn't do it here? It was a combo of lack of infrastructure investments coupled with the age old question of how much risk do you try to mitigate. It was a once in a 20 year winter storm.
I'm pro total mix of energy solutions FYI
This post was edited on 2/18/21 at 10:17 am
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:17 am to member12
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they held up, he wouldn't have to make up pretend statements to support renewable energy.
Show me one post where I made up a statement of support for renewables or any other form of energy?
This post was edited on 2/18/21 at 10:18 am
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