I’m not one for conspiracy theories, but I've always been convinced that Ken
isn’t really dead, he’s living somewhere in South America. His death was just
too, too convenient. Someone with that kind of money probably wouldn’t find it
hard to fake their passing.
-D
> On Feb 18, 2021, at 5:55
Damn where is Enron when Texas needs it??? Ol Kenny Boy is dead and
buried but maybe Jeffie could get some of the old crew (I think they are
out of prison now) in the band back together!
--FT
On 2/17/21 6:37 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote:
Underlying it all is an unregulated market
On 2021-02-17 19:25, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
“Js”?
I think that's a reference to the Jackass party, as opposed to the
Elephant party.
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On 2021-02-17 17:45, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
There has been an undercurrent of Texit since the civil war.
That was my thought.
But I wonder if their grid independence streak is based on that
afternoon about 15 years ago, when darn near the whole grid shut itself
down, and nobody could
>So a
huge spike in demand means the price is infinite.
Yep. The inverse is true also. Just like early last year when crude storage
was full.
Rick
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“Js”?
-D
> On Feb 17, 2021, at 7:23 PM, greg via Mercedes wrote:
>
> My suspicion is that the "plan" is to use solar/wind in lieu of fossil
> backup, but that the fossil backup could not come online because of the
> freeze. If the fossil fuel plants had been running, they would not have
>
My suspicion is that the "plan" is to use solar/wind in lieu of fossil
backup, but that the fossil backup could not come online because of the
freeze. If the fossil fuel plants had been running, they would not have
frozen.
My guess is that the media and the Js are probably lying that the fossil
Underlying it all is an unregulated market with no cap on the price. So a
huge spike in demand means the price is infinite. No one is going to pay
that. So the power generators get shut off because no one is buying the
electricity they produce at the prevailing market price. All very
predictable.
Texas is dark because it has a nearly completely unregulated electricity market
that is not tied in to the rest of the grid so the Feds can't regulate
anything. The result is that no one is responsible for ensuring there is
enough juice when a plant goes down and since they are isolated from
Yes, it's all very fishy from what they're telling us - smacks of gross
incompetence. We had a single incidence of a "rolling blackout" due to the
system not being able to meet demand - over a 14 state area. I lasted about
an hour and 15 minutes.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 4:50 PM Floyd Thursby via
So the reporting now is that pipes moving gas have frozen up, meters and
sensors and such have frozen up, and all that mitigates against
producing electrons at nukes and fossil PPs. None of that makes sense to
me. I can see where not having interconnections (which was the issue
like 10yr ago
There has been an undercurrent of Texit since the civil war.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 4:20 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> The decisions that limit current Texas power sharing were made long before
> anyone heard of TEXIT.
>
> --
> OK Don
>
> "Whenever you find
Perceived temperature are greatly influenced by sunshine, wind, and humidity.
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The decisions that limit current Texas power sharing were made long before
anyone heard of TEXIT.
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>How come the experts (engineers) and the scientists are not listened to
when it comes to a basic need like electrical power?
Because we are head
Apparently they knew there would be problems ten years ago, but haven't had
the will to do anything about it. This mostly stems from their latent
desire to succeed from the union anyway, so why would they want federal
involvement in their power generation/distribution?
On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at
I checked with a buddy in the industry this morning, and he said that Texan’s
power woes are of their own doing, and have little to nothing to do with wind
turbines, which he said consist of less than 20% of their total grid output on
a windy day.
He said that Texas has been a bit “uppity”
>They pretend to listen during the election >campaign but so soon as they are
>elected they do >whatever they think they want to without any real
>>consideration of what we want.
Close. The politicians do whatever they are paid to do by their true
constituents, the lobbiests.
Rick
Probably, because politicians always think they know what is best for
us. They pretend to listen during the election campaign but so soon as
they are elected they do whatever they think they want to without any
real consideration of what we want.
On 17/02/2021 1:50 PM, Rick Knoble via
IIRC in 2011 they had some similar cold weather and problems. I don't
know if it was just overloading capacity or if "freezing equipment" was
a part of it. At that time, the Texas grid was pretty much isolated from
other regional grids. I think they have added some interconnects since
then, but
Good points, I believe there is a Public Service Commission in Texas
that "oversees" the power companies (to such an extent that that even
works, witness SC for a shining example of failure), to keep the "greed"
in check, more or less. They in turn answer to the voters through their
elected
>How come the experts (engineers) and the scientists are not listened to when
>it comes to a basic need like electrical power?
Because we are heading into another "Dark Ages".
The age of enlightenment is over.
Too pessimistic?
Rick
As a side project, do some research into what political
I think the truth is that both the "greedy" power companies and the "green"
power forced by the government have a share of the blame, and so I would
rewind the clock to a point in time when the green power was not there, and
see if there were similar power outages in cold weather events. If
It finally stopped snowing a little while ago and now the sun is out. It’s 22
and I have not been outside yet but it looks nice.
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> On Feb 17, 2021, at 11:53 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Very true. I’ve always found it far more enjoyable when it’s cold and
Very true. I’ve always found it far more enjoyable when it’s cold and the sun
is out.
It’s cold here today - 60F when I ran out at noon to grab some food for lunch.
I have shorts on but had to turn on the heat in my car….
-D
> On Feb 17, 2021, at 12:39 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
>
It is truly amazing how much difference a few degrees seems to make.
Also, how much warmer it feels outside at noon if the sun is shining
than it does in the evening when the sun has gone down, even if the
actual temperature is about the same.
Randy
On 17/02/2021 11:31 AM, OK Don via
It's all relative - it almost felt warm this morning when I went out to
feed the birds at +12°F compared to -12°F two days ago. When the average
"cold" temp is 45, 29 will be very cold.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 11:26 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I noticed that
I noticed that for Thursday the high temp in Dallas is supposed to be 29F and
the national weather service labels it as "Cold".The high for today here in
Winchendon is 24F and the national weather service labels it "Sunny"...
-Curt
On Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 12:21:46 PM EST, Floyd
So this morning this has been a topic of faecesbook discussion,
primarily by my more liberal friends, who blame the greed of the power
companies for not "winterizing" the pipelines. Apparently some politicos
have asserted that power plants are "frozen" (for reasons not stated);
hence, cannot
The Fakebook has once again provided the "A tea candle under a terracotta pot
will heat a room almost for free" for those who don't know anything about
heat...
-Curt
On Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 5:39:24 PM EST, Allan Streib via Mercedes
wrote:
Unfortunately some people are just
Unfortunately some people are just either stupid or ignorant. Already
saw a news report of a family in Texas that killed mother and one kid
and sent father and another kid to the hospital because they tried to
stay warm by running their car in the garage. Another family was burning
charcoal inside
Probably almost none. Its not that cold, and it won't be cold for all that
long...
Blankets, the most efficient way to not freeze to death.
-Curt
On Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 5:28:43 PM EST, Max Dillon via Mercedes
wrote:
Definitely green in that sense, the lack of wisdom and
Definitely green in that sense, the lack of wisdom and applied critical
thinking is appalling. How many Texans will freeze to death due to this
stupidity?
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
Feb 16, 2021 1:02:45 PM G Mann via Mercedes :
> There was a time when someone who had no experience, or the
Another example of the six P's :
Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance - the only thing I learned in
two years of ROTC.
On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 11:09 AM Rick Knoble via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> https://extension.psu.edu/understanding-natural-gas-compressor-stations
>
>
Grant, do you have solar PV panels on your sunny roof?
On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 1:02 PM G Mann via Mercedes
wrote:
> There was a time when someone who had no experience, or the wisdom to use
> the experience they had was called "Green".
>
> Thus came "Green Energy"..
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at
There was a time when someone who had no experience, or the wisdom to use
the experience they had was called "Green".
Thus came "Green Energy"..
On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 10:09 AM Rick Knoble via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
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