Yeah, hold the line Texans! I see the cuck brigade is bakin’ today, kek! Fuckin’ tippy top kek of the day for you, Jesus … The Texas grid is privatized, and these crooked ass motherfuckers who profit from the privatization, guised as security from federal regulations, are the people you should hold responsible for failing to upgrade their infrastructure and literally killing Texans through their ineptitude and greed. But yeah, hold the line you fucking geniuses! Whatever the fuck that means. Soros, China, green new deal, codemonkeyz say so derpy derp … not everything is the fault of internationalists. Socialism = yes, Texas corruption = no. This is about motherfuckers being cheap and keepin’ profits for themselves.
Frozen infrastructure at gas and coal power stations, such as pipelines, are the main culprit. Of the total amount of power that suffered outages, wind accounted for only some 13%, a far smaller share than accounted for by coal, gas and nuclear plants.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottcarpenter/2021/02/16/why-wind-turbines-in-cold-climates-dont-freeze-de-icing-and-carbon-fiber/?sh=10c1f7d91f59
“This feels like a technical design failure,” said Michael Webber, who founded the Webber Energy Group at the University of Texas at Austin and serves as chief science and technology officer at French utility Engie.
Power plants weren’t fully weatherized, wiping out generation capacity. The ones that were still standing struggled to get enough fuel, with shale wells experiencing so-called freeze-offs. Many wind turbines stopped spinning. Texas, with a grid notoriously isolated from the rest of the U.S., was unable to call on neighboring states for help.
Still, as the pressure dropped last week and frigid air descended from the north, some saw what was coming and felt like they were witnessing a train crash. They lay part of the blame on Ercot, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the flow of power to consumers and says the extreme nature of the weather made it hard to be ready.
“We were woefully unprepared for this kind of cold,” said Texas State Representative Ron Reynolds, whose own house is without power. “They got caught with their pants down and now millions of Texans have no power. This is a matter of life and death.”
Ercot officials couldn’t say when power would be restored. “I know it’s frustrating we can’t offer a time certain, but it’s a process we’re engaged in to get the grid back in balance,” Ercot chief executive officer Bill Magness said during a news conference Tuesday.
Adam Sinn, owner of Aspire Commodities LLC, a power and gas trader, was one of those wondering why so little was being done. He said that a week ago, when the seven-day outlook hit, Ercot’s own projections showed too little supply to meet soaring demand.
“We were looking at this week thinking, they are going to have to cut 10,000 megawatts of consumers,” he said. “I really think Ercot is to blame on this one.” He said there were spare megawatts that weren’t brought online. For example, Vistra Corp., a large generator, had 4,000 megawatts off line for maintenance in four plants that could have been turned on quickly, he said, citing data from Genscape Inc.
Sinn said either Ercot failed to order the megawatts back on or was told no, which should have generated publicity so residents could prepare.
https://time.com/5940220/texas-blackouts-explained/
It’s not the first time the nation’s grid has failed to provide energy where it’s needed. A heat wave across California last August caused a spike in energy demand as residents cranked up air conditioners, forcing rolling blackouts.
And in 2011, after a cold snap forced scores of Texas power plants offline, federal regulators to recommend installing insulation and heated pipes.
Larry Gasteiger, executive director of WIRES, a trade group that advocates for more construction of high-voltage transmission, said the latest crisis in Texas shows the urgent need to build a more resilient grid.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-s-plea-to-remake-grid-gets-a-boost-on-texas-power-crisis/ar-BB1dKF9B?__s=s1bl3rf8x2uendxcw6cd
It can be quite enlightening to step outsides ones own bubble from time to time. A self imposed prison is the opposite of a great awakening. You can still be a conservative while informing yourself with factual information from the left on occasions, ya know?? You just help cover the crime by “holding the line”.