re: No Blackouts in Texas? Thank Solar.

And to think… they did it without blowing themselves in the Wheel of Fortune Virtue signaling game.

We will see if the people who are pimping for solar are still puffed up in the next 6-8 weeks....the heat is just getting started in the lower Midwest and TX.....baseload capacity and demand for electricity is going to be tested.

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That may be true. And I know very few people opposed to the concept of “green” or “renewable” energy. Or whatever you want to call it. The more diverse sources of electricity feeding the grid, the less like the grid is to fail. The issue is government interference with the natural adoption of these technologies by subsidizing them. If they are better, the market will adopt them.

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Do you want better or more diverse -- because government subsidies can be directed to make things more diverse is they subsidize the lesser used option.

Government can also subsidize the "better" option, so if solar is clearly better for the air quality, then government can do both.

Agree that the market, alone, with ultimately find the better option, but since external costs aren't necessarily priced in, merkets' going to have a hard time finding the sweet spot alone.

The ONLY reason there is so much solar is because of EPA rules and regulations regarding the burning of fossil fuels for energy. It's the reason why two years ago the storm brought down Texas. The Biden EPA would NOT relax their rules and allow Texas Utilities to burn more natural gas to make up the deficit. Why would a Biden administration do anything to help Texas?

The question isn't why hasn't texas had brown outs, the question is why does California have brown outs

Amswer: axing nuclear power and gas power. More electricity is good,

Thank god for president Joe Biden for saving the great state of Texas!

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An atypically large number of the state’s ageing, run-down coal and gas-fired power plants have failed amid the spikes.

But even amid three-digit temperatures, the state has still managed to avoid rolling blackouts this month. A key reason, energy analysts say, is the state’s supply of solar power, which has doubled since early 2022.

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i guess my question is, is it because resources were put elsewhere that plants were run down?

And im pretty sure most of us have always said have it all, not force us into one. So like if they just had solar, this article wouldnt be written.

California just sucks.

Great place to visit, but you don't want to live there. Unless you have at least 8 figures in the bank.

Solar panel efficiency falls drastically with higher temps

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An atypically large number of the state’s ageing, run-down coal and gas-fired power plants have failed amid the spikes.

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Isn’t this more because building new ones is next to impossible with the regulations?