Anonymous
Post 02/05/2023 16:20     Subject: Re:I’m a Dem here in Texas. Our wind turbines froze.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
How many wind turbines and solar panel fields are there in DC, VA, or MD as compared to Texas?

https://www.chooseenergy.com/data-center/wind-generation-by-state/


You do realize that Texas is a windy place and DC/VA/MD area is not. I have lived in various places and was amazed by how little wind we have here. They also get more sun out there, especially in West Texas.

Land mass in TX is also huge. And they have very little hills/mountains to block the winds.

Majority of MD electricity comes from nuclear.


No nuclear is about 1/3.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2023 16:04     Subject: I’m a Dem here in Texas. Our wind turbines froze.
Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure what to think. My husband works 25 miles away so he packed up a weeks worth of food and clothes. Please do not make a joke of this. The GOP idiots have not kept up our infrastructure. We can handle 100 degrees but not zero. This is scary. I’m worried about power and I have four greyhounds here.


I saw on TV that we can make the weather stop if we eat bugs, so we have that going for us.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 19:39     Subject: Re:I’m a Dem here in Texas. Our wind turbines froze.
Anonymous wrote:
How many wind turbines and solar panel fields are there in DC, VA, or MD as compared to Texas?

https://www.chooseenergy.com/data-center/wind-generation-by-state/


You do realize that Texas is a windy place and DC/VA/MD area is not. I have lived in various places and was amazed by how little wind we have here. They also get more sun out there, especially in West Texas.

Land mass in TX is also huge. And they have very little hills/mountains to block the winds.

Majority of MD electricity comes from nuclear.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 18:58     Subject: I’m a Dem here in Texas. Our wind turbines froze.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How many wind turbines and solar panel fields are there in DC, VA, or MD as compared to Texas?

https://www.chooseenergy.com/data-center/wind-generation-by-state/


DC currently gets 63% of its power from renewable sources. They are aiming for 100% renewable by 2032 https://www.utilitydive.com/news/dc-passes-most-ambitious-mandate-for-100-renewables-by-2032/544702


That is great for DC but VA is at 8% and MD is at 4% from renewables. Texas derives the most of any state from wind turbines and has the most of any state and renewables make about 26% of power.


Given the current state of our technology, "renewable energy" is happy talk for "unreliable energy."


Sure Jan.

Here we are in DC with 63% renewable and I've never once had the power go out in the 15 years I've lived in DC. Not once.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 18:57     Subject: Re:I’m a Dem here in Texas. Our wind turbines froze.
How many wind turbines and solar panel fields are there in DC, VA, or MD as compared to Texas?

https://www.chooseenergy.com/data-center/wind-generation-by-state/


You do realize that Texas is a windy place and DC/VA/MD area is not. I have lived in various places and was amazed by how little wind we have here. They also get more sun out there, especially in West Texas.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 18:40     Subject: Re:I’m a Dem here in Texas. Our wind turbines froze.
Anonymous wrote:People in TX are dumpster diving. Yikes.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/chaos-austin-amid-power-outages-residents-seen-dumpster-diving-heb-grocery-store


Beto would’ve prevented this, for damn sure.

Oh, well. We tried to warn y’all.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 18:20     Subject: Re:I’m a Dem here in Texas. Our wind turbines froze.
People in TX are dumpster diving. Yikes.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/chaos-austin-amid-power-outages-residents-seen-dumpster-diving-heb-grocery-store
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 17:43     Subject: I’m a Dem here in Texas. Our wind turbines froze.
Anonymous wrote:The bigger issue than the wind turbines freezing is that Texas has underinvested in its energy infrastructure and doesn't have cross-border connections to draw energy from neighboring states and alternative sources. This was done purposefully, and experts have been warning about this kind of event in Texas for years.

This is fully a political issue that is manifesting because of law taxes and non-action relation to climate change.

I am sorry it is happening, but it was a fully avoidable event.


Can they just repeat this on the news every time their power fails. At some
Point it might, just might sink in and they will ask their republican representatives to fix it.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2023 12:38     Subject: I’m a Dem here in Texas. Our wind turbines froze.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How many wind turbines and solar panel fields are there in DC, VA, or MD as compared to Texas?

https://www.chooseenergy.com/data-center/wind-generation-by-state/


DC currently gets 63% of its power from renewable sources. They are aiming for 100% renewable by 2032 https://www.utilitydive.com/news/dc-passes-most-ambitious-mandate-for-100-renewables-by-2032/544702


That is great for DC but VA is at 8% and MD is at 4% from renewables. Texas derives the most of any state from wind turbines and has the most of any state and renewables make about 26% of power.


Given the current state of our technology, "renewable energy" is happy talk for "unreliable energy."


You mean like Texas? The only thing that worked were the wind turbines. The gas plants froze up. The funny thing is now all those Texans are going to get hammered with $2-$4k electrical bills…unless you signed up for renewable energy. You “conservatives” are crazy stupid.