Posted on 02/18/2021 10:23:05 PM PST by Vendome
For another, it turns out that the board members nominate each other to it.
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ERCOT is like a fractal of FedGov; incestuous, bloated, overpaid, and ultimately worthless if not downright harmful.
BS...That’s not how corporate works. One of my old attorneys had his corporate seals lined up on a shelf...all 32 of them....boards that he had sat on over the years. There’s a lot of paperwork to corporations.
All of this is designed to deflect the heat on the serial murderer governor of New York.
All of this is designed to deflect the heat on the serial murderer governor of New York.
Hmmmn. Lots and lots of “marketing” jobs there. How many are electrical and mechanical engineers?
I believe the real problem is/was...the capacity to fulfill the usage during this cold snap.
Hmmmn. Lots and lots of “marketing” jobs there. How many are electrical and mechanical engineers?
I found just ONE resume of an professional engineer. The rest were lawyers, accountants/MBA/banking, or blank.
Typical chickensh*t bastages.....bet they aren’t so bashful when they are collecting their salaries.
In one sense you are correct. No one can plan for all the possibilities in a natural disaster.
However the structural defects of the diesel in Katrina were a direct result of the follies of New Orleans politics.
The lack of availability of power in Texas is a direct result of unhooking from the national grid secondary to reliance on wind and solar power generation which is funded by crony capitalism laws that harm citizens.
Diesel = dikes
ush was responsible for putting an incompetent idiot socialite crony in charge of FEMA. Never excuse Bush corruption incompetence and vengefulness as a result of which we have a demented fool in the WH
The lying, gaslighting propaganda Stalinazi Satanist media is too busy blaming Sen. Cruz. After all, Senators are in charge of managing storms, right ?
Cruz made a massive unforced error. He could have been going for the jugular of these people on this board, but he did not. Not his fault the storm came. Not his fault the power went out. 100% lack of leadership not going after these climate commies viciously and publicly doing what he can to put a stake in the heart of the Texas/Austin/Big city greenies and climate commies.
Blame him for looking out for his family? No, I would blame him if he did not. I am actually proud he looked out for them. That is what good men do.
Blame him for abandoning ship and not placing blame where it rightfully lays? 100%. He should have been on local media excoriating these people and calling for hearings, investigations and a very close examination of conflicts these people have/may have and people should have felt he was doing something for them. Leadership is largely looking and acting like a leader. Cruz failed that test. He marshaled (pun intended) no-one to a cause. He disappeared and is now back pedaling and looking foolish, not like a leader. Is it a mortal wound? Time will tell.
Damn global warming!
13% of the shortages were caused by frozen wind generators. The rest was due to failure to winterize lignite and natgas plants. That said, we shouldn’t be using any natgas for electricity. Only nuclear and lignite.
Astute observation!
>>The lying, gaslighting propaganda Stalinazi Satanist media is too busy blaming Sen. Cruz. After all, Senators are in charge of managing storms, right?<<
Lotsa folks began piling on Ted Cruz, not just the media. I am proud of Ted Cruz, he’z done allot of good for the state of Texas. Particularly during the Obozo years when he argued multiple cases before the SCOTUS against Obozo actions..and won.
It’s John Swamp creature Cornyn folks need to hit the eject button on. This guy is in lock step with the establishment republicans.
>>13% of the shortages were caused by frozen wind generators.<<
Lots of numbers being tossed around in the media, but this jumped out at me in the linked PJMedia article.
The wind turbines out west froze Friday. Demand statewide surged as every county got blasted, starting Friday to Saturday. As demand surged, wind — which usually provides between 25% to 42% of Texas power but can drop to roughly 10% in the winter — dropped all the way to about 2% of its normal output Monday night and Tuesday morning.
All you say is true BUT to put 92% of your electrical dependency on only renewable ( wind / solar ) is not smart. The powers that be did that to be “green” having a husband that has been in the power industry for 40 years- coal fired- coal is the most reliable for “supply” but then too when the river is flooded, they can’t unload coal. That’s why they always have a 30 day supply on the coal pile.
Yeah, numbers are numbers. If you look at the peak shortages, wind made up about 13%... we’ve cleaned up all our pipe breaks, pulled up our carpet, now it’s just a matter of seeing if the pool bowl is broken, or only the equipment is toast (which is a certainty).
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