https://www.texaspolicy.com/heres-how-the-texas-energy-grid-fell-short/ Another viewpoint on the Texas Powergrid mystery. Clean energy is definitely made the boogie man here. n - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ |
Leave it to a conservative think tank to get to the root of this story first(sarcasm). I would like to see some proof to their assertion, and hopefully before my inlaws come over and rant my ear off about the dangers of Biden's wind power . Wind power is only about 16% of Texas' total energy generation 🌬. While I do not understand the details of electricity grids, I find it hard to believe that a few frozen wind turbines lead to a near statewide blackout. On top of that, I was under the impression that wind power was very intermittent, and energy storage is still a huge problem. Was the Texas power grid relying on the wind to be blowing really hard during this cold snap? That being said I hope renewable energies become more reliable and cheap and those conservative think tanks lose their Exxon funding. 🌬 October 2017 data from https://www.eia.gov/beta/electricity/data/browser/#/topic/0?agg=2,0,1&fuel=vtvv&sec=g&geo=0000000002&freq=M&tab=generation&start=200101&end=201710&ctype=linechart<ype=pin&maptype=0&rse=0&pin= Cody Smith On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 8:51 PM <[hidden email]> wrote:
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It's got some nuclear power plants as well. those were/are practically frozen, along with their oil, coal etc. all of thats an ice cube because "why would anyone invest in heat and cold protection in west texas?" Translation they cut safety corners for profit. in the meen time a large amount of the state won't get any power back till at least friday or when ever the weather their isn't ass.: ie litterrally freezing temperatures. god knows when that'll be. Breader, matter-antimatter[not practical yet], and even steam is renewable. Fusion is as well (sort of). Wind Turbines, while a neet feet aren't practical they look and sound pretty. Fisable materials for energy cost a grip still? oO weird I guess if it still uses Uranium over Xenon or some other common element. On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 10:20 PM cody dooderson <[hidden email]> wrote:
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Question is microwave power collection not here yet? oOO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_power Or just not practical? and how the hell do you let a nuclear power plants water supply frease, that sounds like a disaster waiting to happen! On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 2:49 AM Gillian Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote:
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I just asked, "Alexa, what percentage of US electric power comes from nuclear?" The answer was that approximately 20% of the Country's power comes from about 100 nuclear plants. I believe nuclear has become expensive because of outdated regulations and liability expenses. Is that correct, Jack? Does Texas have any? --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 10:20 PM cody dooderson <[hidden email]> wrote:
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To quote the zeitgeist, a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. On 16 Feb 2021, at 22:51, [hidden email] wrote:
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@Frank It looks like there are 2 Nuclear plants in Texas. They are called the South Texas Project and Comanche Peak, which accounted for about 8% of the total electricity in 2019 ☢️ On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 9:14 AM Barry MacKichan <[hidden email]> wrote:
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So Texas is below average in percent of electric power from nuclear. My dad worked for Westinghouse Nuclear Energy Systems. He was involved in several US plants but was eventually Manager of Latin American projects. I know he worked on nuclear plants in Brazil and Puerto Rico. When I was working in the Robotics Institute Raj Reddy became aware that automation was somehow involved in the Three Mile Island accident. He asked me to ask my dad what happened so I got a written report from him. As I recall the automation worked as designed but a human operator overrode it causing the damage. I still have that write-up somewhere. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 10:08 AM cody dooderson <[hidden email]> wrote:
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I have seen rumors of micro nuclear reactors that are relatively safe. They can fit in a semi truck trailer and are nice alternatives to the giant custom made power plants we use now. However I wouldn't want one too close to my house or food supply. Cody Smith On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 10:33 AM Frank Wimberly <[hidden email]> wrote:
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I know there was a project which was called something like "the reference design". It was intended to be fail-safe and to serve as a standard. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 11:08 AM cody dooderson <[hidden email]> wrote:
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