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Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts
From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:28:56 -0500
On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 04:17:15AM +0000, Robert Jacobs wrote:
How about letting us Texans have more natural gas power plants or even let the gas be delivered to the plants we have so they can provide more power in an emergency. Did not help that 20% of our power is now wind which of course in an ice storm like we are having is shut off... Lots of issues and plenty of politics involved here..
First, wind-generation-is-responsible-for-this is a canard that's already been debunked elsewhere in this thread. Second, wind generation works just fine all winter in places like Quebec and the Alps because they design, build, and operate it to. Various de-icing solutions have been available for years, and market competition is continuously making them better and cheaper. Third, trying to slap a fossil fuel band-aid on a problem whose root cause is...wait for it...fossil fuels...while certainly a tempting option, is not a viable long-term solution. ---rsk
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- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts, (continued)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Michael Thomas (Feb 16)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Chris Boyd (Feb 16)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Seth Mattinen (Feb 16)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Haudy Kazemi via NANOG (Feb 16)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Kevin East (Feb 16)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Mark Tinka (Feb 17)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Mark Tinka (Feb 15)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Rod Beck (Feb 16)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Mark Tinka (Feb 17)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Ishmael Rufus (Feb 16)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Rich Kulawiec (Feb 16)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts William Herrin (Feb 16)
- RE: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Peter Beckman (Feb 16)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Ben Cannon (Feb 17)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Mark Tinka (Feb 18)
- RE: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Tim Burke (Feb 19)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Haudy Kazemi via NANOG (Feb 19)