Gabe,The local power authority has stated that wind and solar power production
exceeded normal levels during the crises. At the onset, the oil and gas firms
immediately planted the story that windmills froze up and also produced
pictures of solar panels covered with snow, to hoodwink the electricity
consumers - but only a dozen out of the three thousand wind turbines operating
in Texas froze.
The real failure was that oil and gas power plants could not function due to
the cold. Staff could not get to work and those who did found equipment that
was not insulated for the cold and thus could not operate the plants. Texas is
not connected to the national grids (and could not import power) because it did
not want to meet the safety and environmental standards of either national
grid. Avoiding the standards allows for cheaper electricity - that malfunctions
when you need power the most.
The biggest problem is the politicians who are being sponsored by the local oil
and gas firms. Senator Ted Cruz has said that he will believe in the science of
global warming only when Texas freezes over. Well, when it did, he got on a
plane and went to sunny Cancun :-)
Mervyn
On Saturday, February 20, 2021, 12:27:57 p.m. CST, Gabe Menezes
<gabe.mene...@gmail.com> wrote:
Power slowly coming back but water shortages. The Republican Governor
blamed the power shortages on iced up turbines. Actually poor maintenance
of gas and coal. Another Republican said: Texans would rather suffer than
surrender to the Federal government. In the meantime the Governor asked for
Federal aid!
DEV BOREM KORUM.
On Sat, 20 Feb 2021, 18:18 Frederick Noronha, <fredericknoron...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Just heard a report about the Texas weather on the BBC. While the worst of
> the cold is over, the impact will be around for some time to come, says the
> radio station. Looks pretty bleak. Any reports from there? FN
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