Yes, it's all very fishy from what they're telling us - smacks of gross incompetence. We had a single incidence of a "rolling blackout" due to the system not being able to meet demand - over a 14 state area. I lasted about an hour and 15 minutes.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 4:50 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > So the reporting now is that pipes moving gas have frozen up, meters and > sensors and such have frozen up, and all that mitigates against > producing electrons at nukes and fossil PPs. None of that makes sense to > me. I can see where not having interconnections (which was the issue > like 10yr ago when the wind died on NYDay and all the wind machines in > West Texas shut down in a few minutes) limit pulling in power but I > don't get how cold weather (and not "winterizing") cuts down on base > load and peaking plants not working. Makes no sense to me. > > Wind at 20% is quite a bit, esp on really cold days when the demand is > as high as in hot days in the summer. I don't know if there was a > problem spinning up plants, or lack of fuel supply, or what, but the > cold being a factor in delivering fuel or operating fossil or nuke > plants is kinda strange. > > --FT > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ 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
