Texas Fall/Winter thread!

[Muhammad]

It would be nice if weather weren't so darn political.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

It would be nice if weather weren't so darn political.

It would be even nicer if life weren't so darn political....

 

[Muhammad]

It would be even nicer if life weren't so darn political....

Don't lie you know you love politics

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Don't lie you know you love politics

I've sworn off... for now...

 

[two_bit_score]

But wind and solar failed much worse, colossally in fact. They were at 2%. Nuclear was still providing a lot of power.
This is all because of lack of preparation for extreme cold weather. Turning into a windmill v fossil fuels debate? Everyone knows fossil fuels win every time.

Natural gas did an excellent job! Most people outside Texas commenting on this storm and “well, here is the problem” types dont know a thing about what happened or why. Misinformation is abundant on the internet. It’s almost impossible to really discuss the situation with ERCOT without getting into politics.

Natural Gas was the major workhorse during the storm. The problems with NG arose because ERCOT accidentally shut the electricity off to several gas powered generating plants in their ”rolling blackouts” according to testimony in the hearing before the Legislature. The wind and solar were the major failures.

In our family's own experience, where we have gas heat no pipes were broken, people were warm and cooking could continue. Where we were all electric if we had not had a secondary heat source, wood stove, we would have had problems. As it was, the wood stove could heat food, keep the house warm enough so no pipes froze. A small generator provided lights and made coffee. The storm was a small inconvenience. Others were not as fortunate.

 

[mostly_gas]

Don that does not look like a flag

 

[Bearsixty7]

This is the latest I've read, not sure if true or just more political malarkey.


Want to know why Texas had a difficult time last week?
2-22-21
Walton And Johnson KPRC A 950
Biden Admin Refused Texas Governor's Request to Run Power at Full Capacity
________________________________________
By Kenny Webster Feb 22, 2021
Now that the dust has cleared, it's becoming obvious the Texas energy crisis was preventable.
And one guy has his fingerprints all over this scandal: President Joe Biden.
As explained by the editor of Deplatformed.space on Twitter:
Once it was clear that the polar vortex would engulf the entire state of Texas @GovAbbott declared an emergency and asked President Biden for an EPA waiver to allow power generation facilities to operate at full capacity until the emergency passed.
Biden's DOE (Department of energy) refused Governor Abbott's request and instead offered to allow certain power generation facilities a waiver if they raised the prices they charged to Texans to more than $1,500/MWh resulting in massive statewide power outages and a failure of the grid.
The truth is that the federal government controls how Texas generates electricity - the mix of sources and the capacity of each. The DOE requires that Texas' fossil fuel power generators operate far below their maximum output.
Gov. Abbott knew that if the DOE would allow our natural gas and coal power plants to operate at peak efficiency they could meet 110% of the demand the state faced last week. The EPA refused.
My question? Why didn't @GovAbbott simply order all Texas power generation facilities to operate at peak efficiency and force Biden to send his army to Texas to stop us? Does anyone think Biden would have sent the army to shut down our national gas power generation facilities?
President Biden refused @GovAbbott's request that he sign major disaster declarations for 177 Texas counties after refusing to allow Texas power plants to operate at 100% capacity during the polar vortex resulting in massive power outages.
If President Trump had refused to provide disaster relief for 177 counties the Texas Tribune would be in each county sharing the stories of average Texans struggling to stay warm, feed their families, and pay their bills. Since Biden refused to provide relief: silence.
On the Sunday political TV shows Biden surrogates claimed that the power outages and the lives lost rest solely on @GregAbbott_TX. The media won't look at evidence that the DOE refused the governor's request to allow for additional power generation. Sick.
Amazingly, Joe Biden's administration doesn't even deny doing this last week. And the liberal media will never hold him accountable.

 

[bindian]

Thought I would never say this...............Come on spring/summer! 21 days to go.
hugs, Brandi

 

[two_bit_score]

Thought I would never say this...............Come on spring/summer! 21 days to go.
hugs, Brandi

Got pretty warm today.

 

[MossRoad]

This is the latest I've read, not sure if true or just more political malarkey.


Want to know why Texas had a difficult time last week?
2-22-21
Walton And Johnson KPRC A 950
Biden Admin Refused Texas Governor's Request to Run Power at Full Capacity
________________________________________
By Kenny Webster Feb 22, 2021
Now that the dust has cleared, it's becoming obvious the Texas energy crisis was preventable.
And one guy has his fingerprints all over this scandal: President Joe Biden.
As explained by the editor of Deplatformed.space on Twitter:
Once it was clear that the polar vortex would engulf the entire state of Texas @GovAbbott declared an emergency and asked President Biden for an EPA waiver to allow power generation facilities to operate at full capacity until the emergency passed.
Biden's DOE (Department of energy) refused Governor Abbott's request and instead offered to allow certain power generation facilities a waiver if they raised the prices they charged to Texans to more than $1,500/MWh resulting in massive statewide power outages and a failure of the grid.
The truth is that the federal government controls how Texas generates electricity - the mix of sources and the capacity of each. The DOE requires that Texas' fossil fuel power generators operate far below their maximum output.
Gov. Abbott knew that if the DOE would allow our natural gas and coal power plants to operate at peak efficiency they could meet 110% of the demand the state faced last week. The EPA refused.
My question? Why didn't @GovAbbott simply order all Texas power generation facilities to operate at peak efficiency and force Biden to send his army to Texas to stop us? Does anyone think Biden would have sent the army to shut down our national gas power generation facilities?
President Biden refused @GovAbbott's request that he sign major disaster declarations for 177 Texas counties after refusing to allow Texas power plants to operate at 100% capacity during the polar vortex resulting in massive power outages.
If President Trump had refused to provide disaster relief for 177 counties the Texas Tribune would be in each county sharing the stories of average Texans struggling to stay warm, feed their families, and pay their bills. Since Biden refused to provide relief: silence.
On the Sunday political TV shows Biden surrogates claimed that the power outages and the lives lost rest solely on @GregAbbott_TX. The media won't look at evidence that the DOE refused the governor's request to allow for additional power generation. Sick.
Amazingly, Joe Biden's administration doesn't even deny doing this last week. And the liberal media will never hold him accountable.

You should check these things before you post, especially with the preface of "I'm not sure if this is true or not." It just stirs up folks.

Fact check: DOE granted request for Texas electricity generators to exceed emissions limits

The U.S. Department of Energy granted an emergency order to let Texas electricity generators exceed emissions limits during winter storm crisis.

www.usatoday.com

 

[MossRoad]

Thought I would never say this...............Come on spring/summer! 21 days to go.
hugs, Brandi

It was stupid warm up here today as well. 58 degrees, and fog coming off the melting snow. Ice fishing is over. Waiting for open water to go boat fishing.

 

[two_bit_score]

I would rate that “fact check” only partially true. (Slightly true is more accurate).

I tell you some people are very gullible. Labe something a “fact check” and a lot of people swallow it hook line and sinker.

 

[Citydude]

The bigger question is why did a state have to ask for permission from the DOE to ramp up energy to the masses that needed it.

The whole thing sounds wonky.

 

[MossRoad]

I would rate that “fact check” only partially true. (Slightly true is more accurate).

I tell you some people are very gullible. Labe something a “fact check” and a lot of people swallow it hook line and sinker.

Well, it had links to the DOE orders in it, so what wasn't true....

Geeze... I don't want a political post, answer, question, and I'm not trying to goad you into anything. Just read it and the links.

I hope you all recover from the damages soon and get some necessary safeguards into your systems.

 

[MossRoad]

The bigger question is why did a state have to ask for permission from the DOE to ramp up energy to the masses that needed it.

The whole thing sounds wonky.

Because if they throttled up the power plants for maximum output, they'd exceed EPA limits on emissions. So they asked for permission to exceed those limits in an emergency, and it was granted.

 

[Citydude]

Because if they throttled up the power plants for maximum output, they'd exceed EPA limits on emissions. So they asked for permission to exceed those limits in an emergency, and it was granted.

Deadspin | What Does The U.S. Department Of Energy Do?

Deadspin | What Does The U.S. Department Of Energy Do?

theconcourse.deadspin.com

Still seems wonky..

 

[Bearsixty7]

You should check these things before you post, especially with the preface of "I'm not sure if this is true or not." It just stirs up folks.

Fact check: DOE granted request for Texas electricity generators to exceed emissions limits

The U.S. Department of Energy granted an emergency order to let Texas electricity generators exceed emissions limits during winter storm crisis.

www.usatoday.com

Unfortunately your link is to USA Today and they are as unreliable and biased as they come.

 

[Bearsixty7]

I think this forum has some issues. I didn't see 3 or 4 of the posts after the one I made until I went back into the thread a couple times. Like the quote of Citydude. I was trying to find where his original post was and it wasn't here until I went to another thread and back.

 

[rswyan]

Unfortunately your link is to USA Today and they are as unreliable and biased as they come.

And Info Wars and Alex Jones - apparently the original source of the crap you posted previously - somehow isn’t ?

 

[bindian]

You should check these things before you post, especially with the preface of "I'm not sure if this is true or not." It just stirs up folks.

Fact check: DOE granted request for Texas electricity generators to exceed emissions limits

The U.S. Department of Energy granted an emergency order to let Texas electricity generators exceed emissions limits during winter storm crisis.

www.usatoday.com

If we were left alone, like before the cold snap, maybe we wouldn't stir folks up.
Brandi