Man that's nasty.It's more like 70%. The other day I walked out to the warehouse at work and you can feel the air. It's almost feels thick the humidity is so bad.
Man that's nasty.It's more like 70%. The other day I walked out to the warehouse at work and you can feel the air. It's almost feels thick the humidity is so bad.
What do you figure the R-value is ?Yeah the grid has good conditions. Glad I put 20 inches of insulation in the front of my house last year.
The operative word is "COULD". They say it every year. I think its a disclaimer, and an effort to urge people to conserve. Too many people want to jump on and bash TX and our grid without knowing the reality of it or any of the politics behind it. Nor is it "climate change", sigh. How about some real insite:Well, this doesn't look promising:
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So, maybe shutting down cryptocurrency sites might actually be a first step to maintain the power grid when it is pushed to its limits. Interesting, I can hear them screaming and threatening the lawsuits already.The operative word is "COULD". They say it every year. I think its a disclaimer, and an effort to urge people to conserve. Too many people want to jump on and bash TX and our grid without knowing the reality of it or any of the politics behind it. Nor is it "climate change", sigh. How about some real insite:
1) TX wanted to enhance our grid for many years. Inner city mayors like the one in Dallas fought it vehemetly, hoping it would fail at some point, to get some mileage out of it to blame and point fingers at our governor. These types are rotten to the core. They caused trouble.
2) TX is undergoing massive population growth. Its a challenge for ANY grid to keep up. You can't build it out overnight.
3) EV's are exacerbating the challenge. Crypto mining is adding to the demand.
Proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining such as Bitcoin consumes vast amounts of energy as millions of computers race to solve a complex algorithm and win digital currency. Cryptocurrency mining companies in Texas filed applications to connect new facilities to the grid with a projectedf nearly 42 GW of electricity in 2027, enough electricity to power more than 8.3 million Texas homes during periods of peak demand.
But lets blame the Texas grid, of course. Thats fun to do.
Many years ago in August the day of the family picnic the temperature was just below 100 F and the humidity was soooooo high that there was a decently thick fog in the air (visibility about 1/2 a mile) and no wind at all, even at mid-day. The only good thing was the fog significantly reduce the effect felt from the heat of the suns rays. The hottest with super humid day I ever saw.Summer in Texas. 95° each day? Whodathunk.
Not really possible. That would put the heat index over 150°F.
I mean, there have been two major blackouts But both of those were in the winter, which was due, primarily, to a lack of winterization of gas network equipment, coupled with VRE not showing up (which it wasn't expected to).The operative word is "COULD". They say it every year. I think its a disclaimer, and an effort to urge people to conserve. Too many people want to jump on and bash TX and our grid without knowing the reality of it or any of the politics behind it. Nor is it "climate change", sigh. How about some real insite:
1) TX wanted to enhance our grid for many years. Inner city mayors like the one in Dallas fought it vehemetly, hoping it would fail at some point, to get some mileage out of it to blame and point fingers at our governor. These types are rotten to the core. They caused trouble.
2) TX is undergoing massive population growth. Its a challenge for ANY grid to keep up. You can't build it out overnight.
3) EV's are exacerbating the challenge. Crypto mining is adding to the demand.
Proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining such as Bitcoin consumes vast amounts of energy as millions of computers race to solve a complex algorithm and win digital currency. Cryptocurrency mining companies in Texas filed applications to connect new facilities to the grid with a projected demand of nearly 42 GW of electricity in 2027, enough electricity to power more than 8.3 million Texas homes during periods of peak demand.
But lets blame the Texas grid, of course. Thats fun to do.
That, and pause EV charging until the crunch passes. Everybody has to do their part...So, maybe shutting down cryptocurrency sites might actually be a first step to maintain the power grid when it is pushed to its limits. Interesting, I can hear them screaming and threatening the lawsuits already.
VRE would have been backed up by fuel power during the winter but woke enviro agendas by opponents blocked it. People froze because fuel power was not allowed to back up the VRE. This was self inflicted for an enviro cause. See #1 above.I mean, there have been two major blackouts But both of those were in the winter, which was due, primarily, to a lack of winterization of gas network equipment, coupled with VRE not showing up (which it wasn't expected to).
There has been a trend of grid fragilization, not just in Texas, but in many energy markets like California and Alberta where the margin of available firm generating capacity is in decline or has declined while the share of variable non-dispatchable capacity has increased. This means unplanned losses of capacity can, instead of a nuisance, be potentially catastrophic events. Both Cali and Alberta have had to undertake rolling blackouts to prevent a grid black recently.
New records should not be ignored. It’s sort of like boiling a frog. Take the heat up, slow and it won’t notice until it’s too late.Hasn’t been too bad here lately. Though we did break a record last week at 113* for that day.
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There were definitely issues with unwinterized equipment, which, for Texas, that doesn't have real winter, explains it, but doesn't excuse it. Even STP briefly had a nuclear outage due to a pressure sensor line freezing because the turbines are on slabs outdoors:VRE would have been backed up by fuel power during the winter but woke enviro agendas by opponents blocked it. People froze because fuel power was not allowed to back up the VRE. This was self inflicted for an enviro cause. See #1 above.