Anonymous ID: 7db90d Feb. 20, 2021, 8:02 a.m. No.13008727   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>8733 >>8869 >>9057

>>13008659

>โ€ฆor for the NATO Red Flag exercise that ended a few days ago.

 

Thanks, anon; that computes.

 

Erdogan is gearing up for a war in Iraq. Expecting that will go live in the coming weeks. Don't trust that mf as far as he would fall if someone deservedly punched him in the face.

Anonymous ID: 7db90d Feb. 20, 2021, 9:39 a.m. No.13009330   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>9342

>>13009299

reaction and drama are real, anon

not ds narrative

the CAUSE is DS, not the result

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/texas-power-outages-alberta-1.5917052

 

"The frigid Arctic air that gripped Alberta for much of the last two weeks has descended on the U.S. Deep South. But unlike Alberta, Texas and its surrounding regions aren't designed for this type of weather.

 

Buildings are designed to shed heat, not keep it in. Power systems are built to meet the extreme peaks of sweltering summer heat, not mid-winter cold.

 

Pushed to the brink, with record-breaking demand for this time of year coupled with power supply failures across the spectrum of fuel types, the Texas grid was forced to shut off pockets of power to millions of consumers around the state in an effort to ration available supply and avoid a catastrophic, system-wide blackout.

 

In short, it's an event that will be discussed for decades by electricity traders. It's the stuff of nightmares for power market designers and grid operators, and a dangerous situation for millions of Texans without heat.

 

So what happened? Who's to blame? And what lessons can Alberta take from this event?

What happened in Texas

 

In essence, the situation in Texas came down to classic supply and demand.

 

At one point, all 254 counties in the state of Texas were under winter storm warnings. These historic, state-wide, cold temperatures led to record demand for energy that drove electricity prices from their typical mid-$30s into the thousands of dollars per megawatt-hour, and natural gas from $3 to several hundred dollars per MMBtu.

 

When there still wasn't enough supply, the electricity grid had to initiate rotating outages that have lasted for days, leaving many Texans in the cold.

 

On paper, Texas had the capacity to manage this record demand. But the Texas grid is built for summer: it measures its reserve margins and resource adequacy against being able to provide electricity on hot summer afternoons when the entire state is demanding power for air conditioning.

 

One major takeaway from this experience is how ill-prepared Texas's infrastructure is for these extreme cold events, and how that differs from their ability to meet summer peaks."