Posted on 02/17/2021 6:56:33 AM PST by Red Badger
The enemydia is now putting out a lot of stories about the cause of the Texas outages, now including an out-of-state electric supplier who stopped delivery to take care of their own state’s energy needs.
Spread the blame out so thin that no one can be held accountable. Yeah! That’s the ticket.
And after telling everyone to let their faucets drip, Texas officials now say there are water shortages in some areas.
During the double digit temperatures, the most ludicrous line I heard was by an Austin Fox7 newscaster (though I suspect all the stations were using it): “Keep warm!”
Those with electrical power watching the show in their heated homes hardly needed such advice. Those families without power at homes located in declared “non-essential” grid areas, and who were desparately trying to stay warm, probably weren’t able to hear his advice on their electrical-powered TV.
Ercot had several failures.
1. Focusing on cheaper conservation instead of building infrastructure to support 200K people moving here per year.
2. What little they did build was windmills that are expensive and don’t produce power during summer and winter peaks ... driving up utility costs without meeting demand
3. Encouraging solar and engaging in cost-shifting instead of winterizing infrastructure
4. Not pushing for expansion of Comanche Peak nuclear power plant to meet the growing baseload demand without relying on gas
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