Entergy's Rolling Blackouts!

[Reagan]

Thoughts?!

[Englebert]

Mine's not rolling. Been out for 20 hours.

[BS Wildcats]

The issue is with the amount of electricity being used.  Usage is higher than what is being generated.  Will probably be an issue the rest of the week, with Friday morning temps around 20.

[baddog]

Mine is back on, stays on for about ten minutes, goes off, then right back on for about ten minutes. Done this more than a dozen times. At least I’m getting my house heated again.

[Reagan]

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[mat]

3 hours ago, BS Wildcats said:

The issue is with the amount of electricity being used.  Usage is higher than what is being generated.  Will probably be an issue the rest of the week, with Friday morning temps around 20.

I can't imagine the usage being higher than a hot summer week during the summer.

[BS Wildcats]

36 minutes ago, mat said:

I can't imagine the usage being higher than a hot summer week during the summer.

And that is why they happen during the summer as well.

[Reagan]

2 hours ago, mat said:

I can't imagine the usage being higher than a hot summer week during the summer.

It's not.  What happened was the wind turbines supplying X amount of electricity froze.  Couldn't handle what they promised.  We were short that amount.  Nothing as back up.  That's why the rolling blackouts!   The green crowd strikes again!

[Realville]

Oil and gas run the world.
 

Green energy runs fantasyland.

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[baddog]

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I just can’t come to terms with some of the stuff that flows out of her mouth. Unfreakinbelievable and scary.

[Big girl]

22 hours ago, Reagan said:

It's not.  What happened was the wind turbines supplying X amount of electricity froze.  Couldn't handle what they promised.  We were short that amount.  Nothing as back up.  That's why the rolling blackouts!   The green crowd strikes again!

That's incorrect.

[BS Wildcats]

Not incorrect.  The wind turbines being frozen, as well as natural gas lines being frozen, played a huge role.  Now bug-eyed AOC exploiting it to push her New Green Deal agenda.  I am glad my power grid is not part of ERCOT.

[Reagan]

1 hour ago, Big girl said:

That's incorrect.

I do understand one thing:  The news that you watch aren't covering what happened concerning the windmills and solar panels in Texas.  But the truth is out there if you actually wish to know it.

[BS Wildcats]

2 minutes ago, Reagan said:

I do understand one thing:  The news that you watch aren't covering what happened concerning the windmills and solar panels in Texas.  But the truth is out there if you actually wish to know it.

Liberals have no use for the truth.  

[Realville]

Breaking ...

Global warming has gotten so bad - it’s frozen all the green energy.

[EagleFan2004]

You guys are incorrect. Texas is run by 90% fossil fuel and 10% turbines give or take. Not only did the turbines freeze but so did the oil wells and pipelines. AOC isn’t to blame it’s the Texas government who is incompetent because none of our material was winterized. I know you probably won’t believe what I just said and you will call it “fake news” but a quick and simple google search will tell you I’m right. 

[Realville]

42 minutes ago, EagleFan2004 said:

You guys are incorrect. Texas is run by 90% fossil fuel and 10% turbines give or take. Not only did the turbines freeze but so did the oil wells and pipelines. AOC isn’t to blame it’s the Texas government who is incompetent because none of our material was winterized. I know you probably won’t believe what I just said and you will call it “fake news” but a quick and simple google search will tell you I’m right. 

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6 hours ago — An ERCOT report on generating capacity listed the top sources of power in the state: Natural gas (51%) Wind (24.8%) Coal (13.4%)

I believe your off on your numbers Bro. 24.8% is not the same as 10%, huge difference. There’s your Google data.  Question: How long have pipelines been running through Alaska and Canada? How cold does it get in Alaska and Canada? Google it an maybe you’ll figure out what I am getting at.

[LumRaiderFan]

44 minutes ago, EagleFan2004 said:

You guys are incorrect. Texas is run by 90% fossil fuel and 10% turbines give or take. Not only did the turbines freeze but so did the oil wells and pipelines. AOC isn’t to blame it’s the Texas government who is incompetent because none of our material was winterized. I know you probably won’t believe what I just said and you will call it “fake news” but a quick and simple google search will tell you I’m right. 

The oil wells and pipelines didn’t freeze and it’s not the responsibility of Texas government to winterize refineries and chemical plants. 

My article about aoc was to point out her ridiculous statement the the new green deal would have spared Texas from the rolling blackouts.

[Reagan]

1 hour ago, EagleFan2004 said:

You guys are incorrect. Texas is run by 90% fossil fuel and 10% turbines give or take. Not only did the turbines freeze but so did the oil wells and pipelines. AOC isn’t to blame it’s the Texas government who is incompetent because none of our material was winterized. I know you probably won’t believe what I just said and you will call it “fake news” but a quick and simple google search will tell you I’m right. 

Our first clue is that you are on the side of AOC!   SMH!

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Turbines are not solely the reason.

[baddog]

Potential job killing aoc (remember Amazon in NY) needs to shut her trap and stay in New York where she has done nothing to improve anything there. Typical lib butinski.

[EagleFan2004]

8 hours ago, Reagan said:

Our first clue is that you are on the side of AOC!   SMH!

LOL WRONG!

[EagleFan2004]

9 hours ago, LumRaiderFan said:

The oil wells and pipelines didn’t freeze and it’s not the responsibility of Texas government to winterize refineries and chemical plants. 

My article about aoc was to point out her ridiculous statement the the new green deal would have spared Texas from the rolling blackouts.

So if they didn’t freeze or buckle due to the cold conditions why didn’t they continue to operate?? Your logic makes no sense. 
 

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6 hours ago — An ERCOT report on generating capacity listed the top sources of power in the state: Natural gas (51%) Wind (24.8%) Coal (13.4%)

I believe your off on your numbers Bro. 24.8% is not the same as 10%, huge difference. There’s your Google data.  Question: How long have pipelines been running through Alaska and Canada? How cold does it get in Alaska and Canada? Google it an maybe you’ll figure out what I am getting at.

So if natural gas is so superior to wind energy why was it compromised as well? Is it AOC’s fault? Like I stated above our state government and their incompetence is the reason we are in this position. Every other state went through the same storm and many much worse than we had it. Their wind turbines and natural gas resources weren’t compromised. Why is that you think?