Texas

[Rexedgar]

I came across this Tweet and thought it was an example of this week:

 

[Phys251]

I came across this Tweet and thought it was an example of this week:

The Texas Blackout of 2021 and how it played out is one of the most damning indictments of over-deregulation we have seen in awhile. It was a clear case of greedy energy companies' passing off billions of dollars of costs onto their customers.

We will see, starting with the next election cycle, whether not just Texans but all of America will finally start breaking their addiction to deregulation.

 

[Peter]

Who knew that electric companies would refuse to spend money weatherizing equipment if they aren't forced?
Somehow Scotland still manages to have wind power and old-fashioned power stations even though it gets ever so slightly chilly every winter.

Living in a Libertarian fantasy land must be wonderful and worth dying for.

 

[Chomsky]

I came across this Tweet and thought it was an example of this week:

I like!

 

[Chomsky]

Who knew that electric companies would refuse to spend money weatherizing equipment if they aren't forced?
Somehow Scotland still manages to have wind power and old-fashioned power stations even though it gets ever so slightly chilly every winter.

Living in a Libertarian fantasy land must be wonderful and worth dying for.

Another example is Iowa, several states to the north. Iowa derives 36% of it's power from wind, the highest proportion of any state in the Union. It was even colder in Iowa that week, yet their grid puttered along just fine! What we have here is a Texas problem. Their de-regulation-privatization model failed them. As it will fail the rest of the country, if we allow it to happen.

 

[joko104]

Name any current federal regulation that would have changed anything?

Why all the California power outages - so common there is a California power outage map for people to check?

California Power Outages Map

PowerOutage.us tracks, records, and aggregates power outages across the United States.

poweroutage.us

This has nothing to do with deregulation. It may have to do with stupidly believing on global warming so not prepared for a freak super cold front.

 

[Rexedgar]

Someone ask

Name any current federal regulation that would have changed anything?

Why all the California power outages - so common there is a California power outage map for people to check?

California Power Outages Map

PowerOutage.us tracks, records, and aggregates power outages across the United States.

poweroutage.us

This has nothing to do with deregulation. It may have to do with stupidly believing on global warming so not prepared for a freak super cold front.

Someone ask Joko to dispute the premise of the Tweet in the OP, as he doesn’t respond to me, (Gott sie dank).

 

[joko104]

Someone ask Joko to dispute the premise of the Tweet in the OP, as he doesn’t respond to me, (Gott sie dank).

That is exactly what I did. Cite the specific federal regulation(s) by regulation numbers that would have avoided what happened in Texas. It's YOUR claim. NOTHING shows lack of federal regulations or other regulations has any factor whatsoever. Prove the reason Iowa wind generators are more suited for hyper cold has ANYTHING to do with regulations? People in Texas us lighter weight motor oil and many use lower levels of anti-freeze in their cars too. The fault of lack of regulations on their cars?

 

[joko104]

Who knew that electric companies would refuse to spend money weatherizing equipment if they aren't forced?
Somehow Scotland still manages to have wind power and old-fashioned power stations even though it gets ever so slightly chilly every winter.

Living in a Libertarian fantasy land must be wonderful and worth dying for.

Cite the Scottish regulation - actual statute - that wind power and old fashioned power stations (as you call them) are weatherized to 30 degrees below Scotlands' winter lows. Bet you can't. Bet you can't cite a federal regulation about this for the USA either, can you?

Why does California REFUSE to have regulations to prevent power outages? All those damn Libertarian Democrats in California's government? What's wrong with those Democrats in your opinion?

 

[Rexedgar]

That is exactly what I did. Cite the specific federal regulation(s) by regulation numbers that would have avoided what happened in Texas. It's YOUR claim. NOTHING shows lack of federal regulations or other regulations has any factor whatsoever. Prove the reason Iowa wind generators are more suited for hyper cold has ANYTHING to do with regulations? People in Texas us lighter weight motor oil and many use lower levels of anti-freeze in their cars too. The fault of lack of regulations on their cars?

Texas had ten years to prepare.
Based upon weather patterns, Texans would use higher viscosity motor oils in their vehicles, higher heat higher viscosity, look it up.

https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-04/08-16-11-report.pdf

You get what you pay for.

Why have a third of the Texas electrical board resigned? They don’t even live in the Lone Star state.

Board Members Resign From Texas Electric Grid Operator After Mass Power Outages

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has been heavily criticized after last week's winter storm left more than 4 million Texans without power for several days.

www.npr.org

 

[Closer]

Another example is Iowa, several states to the north. Iowa derives 36% of it's power from wind, the highest proportion of any state in the Union. It was even colder in Iowa that week, yet their grid puttered along just fine! What we have here is a Texas problem. Their de-regulation-privatization model failed them. As it will fail the rest of the country, if we allow it to happen.

Partly, yes; what is the population of Iowa, and how much land area does it cover? Texas is six times the size and population, so its problems are also magnified, and throw in large minority populations and criminal illegal aliens. It suffers fewer black outs than California, the largest state and run by alleged 'progressives'. 3.2 million people with some 50% or so living in concentrated urban areas isn't a big management deal.