The 700 people who died probably did not consider it a featureThat is not a problem, it is a feature!
Is the implication here that frozen gas valves would have operated correctly if the electrical grid were expanded.The 700 people who died probably did not consider it a feature
Back in the 70’s two teenage brothers had a TaylorCraft plane next door at their dad’s crop dusting strip. Little horsepower as you mentioned. They did not fly on hot days or take up a chubby passenger.My mother is 97. Born in Syracuse, lived in Philadelphia as a child and moved to Virginia in 1938. She remembers Autogyros flying around Philadelphia and shown here in 1948 Virginia with a Taylorcraft, canvas covered with Lycoming engine (68hp I believe).
She had a Cushman scooter and Crosley car, neither designed for our many hills!
Ironically my grandparents first rented a house a few doors down from my in-laws and my fireman father in law would help push her Cushman or Crosley uphill in front of the firestation years before either my wife or I was even born!View attachment 842791View attachment 842792
No, it is direct cause and effect.Is the implication here that frozen gas valves would have operated correctly if the electrical grid were expanded.
Quite an extrapolation... butterfly effect and chaos theory I suppose.
A good friend of mine is a retired engineer, who has gotten a little chubby in his old age. He recently had to get recertified on a new aircraft (Cessna 172, I think?), and had to change instructors, because their combined weight was over what the aircraft could handle.Little horsepower as you mentioned. They did not fly on hot days or take up a chubby passenger.
That is the “official” Texas report. Other sources from outside Texas state 700.Those two together did most certainly lead to the deaths of hundreds of people. (I believe that the correct number is 246.)[/URL]
AlasNo, it is direct cause and effect.
Texas, or more correctly ERCOT, is not connected to the national grid. As a result, when they run short of power, there are blackouts. ERCOT also has very little in the way of regulation over grid operations, so natural gas plants did not have any requirement to function at a given temperature, e.g. below freezing. Those two together did most certainly lead to the deaths of hundreds of people. (I believe that the correct number is 246.)
Had the electrical grid been connected to a larger grid, Texas would have had enough power to keep the lights and heat on. Had there been regulations on the temperature performance of gas plants, more power would have been available for longer. Texas does now have those regulations as a direct result of those unfortunate people dying.
If you want to learn more;
Why the cold weather caused huge Texas blackouts – a visual explainer
Texas has a unique power system with little connection with the two national grids – but it was unprepared for what residents neededwww.theguardian.com2021 Texas power crisis - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Yours,
Peter