Wind and Solar power require backup generation for whenever the sun don't shine (most of the time) and the wind don't blow (varies). As far as infrastructure is concerned that means "green" power generation doesn't replace other sources but is IN ADDITION to traditional sources. Also, the spin-up time for many of those traditional sources (especially coal) is so long the backup power really needs to be fired up all the time anyway. Natural gas is much faster, of course, but it still takes time to boil water. The true green answer is (and has been) nuclear or hydro. Instead of screwing around with monster windmills we should have been researching and developing better nuclear facilities (like molten salts) and faster (cheaper) ways to build and license them. Of course the arm-chair environmental dilatants consider nuclear power unacceptable. If they are serious they should try living off the grid. Maybe that should be a law no juice for greenies. So much of this environmental "science" is tripe. What is the environmental damage to build and recharge those trendy electric cars? I'll bet my 82 SD comes out pretty well on that balance sheet.
-----Original Message----- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2021 5:03 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Buggered Benzmail <buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Blizzard Some years ago the wind in West Texas just died on New Years Day (I think it was). It was really cold and power demand was high. All the wind machines (and there were lots) stopped producing and that was a Big Problem as Texas was pretty much stand-alone as far as ties into other power grids. So lots of people were without power on a day when that was unwelcome. Took a long time to spin up other sources, I don’t recall if there was even enough to compensate. I think after that the power companies might have added some ties to bring in power. --R Sent from iPhone > On Feb 14, 2021, at 4:20 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Texas is facing the possibility of blackouts as power demand ramps up > with the cold weather. > > Apparently wind farms can't operate in icing conditions. Who knew? > > https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-14/deep-freeze-sends-g > as-soaring-to-600-over-the-long-u-s-weekend > > Forecast here is for 6-12 inches of snow over the next day or so. > Temps have been in single digits. Nothing too out of the ordinary, but > the past couple of weeks have been the first "real" winter weather > we've had this winter so far. December/January were mostly just chilly > with some rain. > > Allan > > Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > >> Blizzard is proceeding, temp is 7 outside with wind chill is -10, >> snow blowing outside. Heat pump pretty much runs non stop. Over the >> last 30 minutes the power has been going out off and on. No good. I >> may end up having to haul in some firewood and firing up the >> fireplace/insert. It would Most definitely cut down on the heat pump >> useable but by the time you pay for firewood I don’t think it would >> be any cheaper. I keep firewood around for use in the case of emergency. >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
