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RICK
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RICK asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 2 months ago

Since fossil fuel power plants lost more of their generating capacity than windmills and solar did why are Cons in Texas blaming renewables?

Update:

Wrong anonymous

Nuclear plants in Texas lost capacity because the pipes carrying cooling water to the core froze, can't cool the core can't generate

Natural gas plants lost capacity because the pressure in the lines dropped because the wellhead froze

Coal plants also had feed water pipes freeze 

While some of the windmills froze but the majority did not

Fossil fuel plsnt output dropped over 20%

Windmill output dropped 16%

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  • Anonymous
    2 months ago
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    In a word: "deflection".

  • 2 months ago

    That's their knee-jerk reaction to everything and everybody they perceive to be liberal.

  • Anonymous
    2 months ago

    "More" ....means, in this case ZERO.

    When the fony windmills went down everyone else had to pick up the slack.

    Another example of liberal idiocy. They have no idea how the real world worx.

    Everything is just "Obama waves a magic wand ....and all the cars get 50 miles per gallon". And they get upset when their accurately described by Lenin and all normal people, "idiot-liberal" the full nomenclature

    When the percentage approaches 100 for PC power you will see a LOT more holes in the grid. All while idiot-libs are trying to add 'lectric cars to the load.

    *** The "news" reports said "windmills froze up and stopped". Cant see how that translates to "all nuke plants stopped working because the uranium got cold?????"

  • 2 months ago

    Because they did not want to blame the real culprit, their own poor design and the poor management of their private power grid.

    Many northern states, which have colder winters than what Texas has seen, employ wind power and they do not have any issues.

    Why?

    Because they know that the wind turbines have to be winterized and maintained.

  • Anonymous
    2 months ago

    Because they failed under the cold.

    Kind of ironic, isn't it, you greenies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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