Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

They just averted rolling blackouts. Love the reliability of that green energy - not.

Don, I read the only reason they avoided blackouts was because enough wind/solar was put online
to avoid what happened last time. ??

With all the folks moving to Texas, I would think your utility would be building more conventional generation.
Takes many years to get a plant built though.
Solar is fast...
and with all those oil well pumps sticking up, guess no one cares about looking at windmills.

we need new nuke plants running steam turbines. Tried and true.
Old tech now, too bad no one has come up with a politically acceptable way of storing the radioactive waste.
Seems to make folks froth at the mouth.

Two years I spent in power gen industry were fascinating. Got to see every type of power gen except for solar and wind.
My favorites were the hydros, walking out on Conowingo Dam was very cool, and the nuke plants.
It's just a different way of boiling water and we have dealt with this tech for a very long time.
Any powerplant using steam turbines usually needs to be near water.
The trick is not being too close to the water (Fukushima).

Only true reliability is to have some excess capacity to allow downtime due to planned outage or unplanned.
Modern grid management is pretty interesting science.

Frits, solve this for Texas please...

 

[Thomas]

71F sunny day low 90's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Got some outside putter done just about headed on dump run and pickup needs fuel,rest of the day stay low and cool.

Enjoy the day all.

Boo stroll by this morning while sweeping side steps.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I save my chicken pellet bags for the same reason—- and usually fill them with the non-egg chicken output for the garden

I use old pellet bags to dump cat litter in, then set out for trash pickup. Recycle.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

71 this morning high in 80s today very hot yesterday 96 hope that’s gone till next year

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country. Nice turkey Ron

My camera at lot reported up to 108°. I think it gets too much sun.
It also sent over 100 pics yesterday of nothing. Not sure what’s triggering it.

 

[KilroyJC]

The trick is not being too close to the water (Fukushima).

the problem with Fukushima is not that it was close to water. Nuclear submarines are kinda close to water.

the problem with Fukushima was that someone ignored the centuries-old statues that said “DO NOT BUILD BELOW THIS POINT”. Because what to those ancient dead guys know, anyway?

 

[Thomas]

My camera at lot reported up to 108°. I think it gets too much sun.
It also sent over 100 pics yesterday of nothing. Not sure what’s triggering it.

Wonder if there was light wind made hay,limb etc. move???...I be having somewhat of the same issue when leaves start to fall.

 

[riptides]

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With all the folks moving to Texas, I would think your utility would be building more conventional generation.
Takes many years to get a plant built though.
...

You can replace Texas with most any growth area. Here in VA, Data Centers and residential developments in my area have completely outpaced infrastructure. Yet the planning commissions approve both with nary a voice from the Power Companies until the very end of the process. And getting more power obviously is in the States interests, bypassing residential and local government concerns.

We have know for years that our infrastructure will be under stress to keep up, yet development outpaces the infrastructure. And a growing concern around here is that the infrastructure does not support the community it is placed in. Transmission lines feed other counties and states demands.

The same can be said about roads. By the time they are built, it is the same old backup, just three lanes wider.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Wonder if there was light wind made hay,limb etc. move???...I be having somewhat of the same issue when leaves start to fall.

Wind blowing trees can trigger. The 108° was morning, in afternoon when camera in shade it was 103°

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The elephant in the room is the millions of new people suddenly in the country. Our infrastructure can’t support such a sudden change.

 

[check]

Good morning, all. Hot days are finally over 63° now, and going up to 75 this afternoon.

Had to start the old D job yesterday now the September has arrived. Taught my first class, and really enjoyed it and so did the students! I guess they are in a good mood these days.

Timing worked out well, because I pretty well finished the basement renovation. The flooring looks great, and the kitchen is amazing. The in-laws have already started moving food and stuff into it.

Have a great day everyone!

As you can see, we still need baseboards, and the rest of the tongue and groove on the ceiling, but we are pretty much there.

Next job will be to install the gas woodstove!