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I didn't ignore your post - I commented directly to it. I didn't make up numbers - what I posted even correlates closely with what you did. If you are concerned with dishonesty, look in the mirror.oh DC, this hurts my feelings because you are pretending to ignore my post. Not only are you making up a number for "lost wind generation" you are ignoring Ercot telling you "This led to about half ERCOT's natural gas fleet and about 30% of its total capacity to come offline " I know, let me post another link
Failures across Texas’ natural gas operations and supply chains due to extreme temperatures are the most significant cause of the power crisis that has left millions of Texans without heat and electricity during the winter storm sweeping the U.S.
Texas power outage: Why natural gas went down during the winter storm | The Texas Tribune
and DC, you're not addressing the typical lying conservative narrative that only blames wind power. posting made up numbers doesnt change that.
The biggest issue was natural gas supply disruptions. However, it wasn't the only one. Wind was also a huge issue. The problem is that you are missing the point. From the article you posted " Woodfin said Tuesday that 16 gigawatts of renewable energy generation, mostly wind generation, are offline and that 30 gigawatts of thermal sources, which include gas, coal and nuclear energy, are offline. "
So yes, wind accounted for about 1/3 of the offline capacity - but it only accounts for 15 % of the total capacity anyway. Half the turbines were offline. This is a big concern as we keep moving forward, adding new capacity in wind, and decommissioning older, but more reliable, sources.
Literally no one is "only blaming wind power". That's a straw man.