I just asked, "Alexa, what percentage of US electric power comes from nuclear?" The answer was that approximately 20% of the Country's power comes from about 100 nuclear plants. I believe nuclear has become expensive because of outdated regulations and liability expenses. Is that correct, Jack?
Does Texas have any? --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 10:20 PM cody dooderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Leave it to a conservative think tank to get to the root of this story > first(sarcasm). I would like to see some proof to their assertion, and > hopefully before my inlaws come over and rant my ear off about the dangers > of Biden's wind power . Wind power is only about 16% of Texas' total energy > generation 🌬. While I do not understand the details of electricity grids, > I find it hard to believe that a few frozen wind turbines lead to a near > statewide blackout. > On top of that, I was under the impression that wind power was very > intermittent, and energy storage is still a huge problem. Was the Texas > power grid relying on the wind to be blowing really hard during this cold > snap? > That being said I hope renewable energies become more reliable and cheap > and those conservative think tanks lose their Exxon funding. > > 🌬 October 2017 data from > https://www.eia.gov/beta/electricity/data/browser/#/topic/0?agg=2,0,1&fuel=vtvv&sec=g&geo=0000000002&freq=M&tab=generation&start=200101&end=201710&ctype=linechart<ype=pin&maptype=0&rse=0&pin= > > > > Cody Smith > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 8:51 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> https://www.texaspolicy.com/heres-how-the-texas-energy-grid-fell-short/ >> >> Another viewpoint on the Texas Powergrid mystery. >> >> Clean energy is definitely made the boogie man here. >> >> n >> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >
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