Conserve energy now if you can - grid running low

[Dad_Roman]

Likewise...Local Power Plant was closed down here last January (along with the coal mine. You know what that does to a town of 4K?)

You cant shut down the power plants then scream that we dont have enough power. (Which seems to be what ERCOT is for)

The King has no clothes on.

 

[Darkpriest667]

I don't even run my air con while im at work. I never run it below 78 when I'm home. If I go out. I turn it off.

 

[oldag]

Gee, driving through eastern Co, Ks, Ok, Tx I see most of the wind generators IDLE! They closed the Cedar station few years back, Richmond last year. What do you expect? Water rates on the increase also, been that way for 50 yrs. Processing plants cost going up and Gov. salary increases. Adding about 1 K persons/day in DFW and schools start early so snow and teacher days don't get in the way.

Could have been the wind was too low. Or in OK, could be they were curtailed (not enough capacity in the OK/SPP grid to take on everything wind turbines can produce when the winds are good).

 

[oldag]

Likewise...Local Power Plant was closed down here last January (along with the coal mine. You know what that does to a town of 4K?)

You cant shut down the power plants then scream that we dont have enough power. (Which seems to be what ERCOT is for)

The King has no clothes on.

We have lost too much base load in the form of thermal generation (coal, gas, etc.). These plants have the ability to produce on demand. Wind and solar cannot. Either the wind is blowing strong/sun is shining or it is not.

 

[Dad_Roman]

We have lost too much base load in the form of thermal generation (coal, gas, etc.). These plants have the ability to produce on demand. Wind and solar cannot. Either the wind is blowing strong/sun is shining or it is not.

Sounds like a fo sho bullshit government deal to me.

 

[TheDan]

We need more nuclear power plants!

What we really need is less Californians!

 

[Sublime]

More Coal Fire plants, less Californians and East Coasters. Griddy sent me an email about conserving btw 1p-7p. I ain't the one they need to talk too.

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[birddog]

Exactly this.

Too bad it takes decades to get one built despite them being proven safe as long as you aren’t a communist country and don’t build them in areas susceptible to massive earthquake and tsunamis.


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Boeing & Lockheed is testing a fusion reactor that can theoretically power 80,000 homes. It’s the size of two refrigerators.

 

[toddnjoyce]

I am out of Vodak. Can I charge the Tesla now?

 

[diesel1959]

I don't even run my air con while im at work. I never run it below 78 when I'm home. If I go out. I turn it off.

We keep ours at 70º all the time. Home or not--it's 70º. Now, if we leave town for greater than three days, we'll modify that up to about 76º, but other than that, the AC is always on and set to where I'm comfortable.

 

[diesel1959]

I am out of Vodak. Can I charge the Tesla now?

If you ran out of Vodak, that's just bad planning on your part. It the grid runs out of nuclear plants, then that's just stoopid.

 

[birddog]

I save electricity in the winter to make up for the high bill in the summer. Our house is well insulated and we don’t run the heat unless there’s a risk of pipes bursting.

My wife and I are a little twisted in the winter, we like it cold and then sliding into bed with the heating blanket cranked up.

When it comes to sleeping, if I’m not cool or cold I’m miserable.

 

[SQLGeek]

I am out of Vodak. Can I charge the Tesla now?

Not yet. Better hop on your bicycle powered charger.

 

[Brains]

I'm no tree hugger, but I sure would love to live on acreage instead of a subdivision, and have a nice big solar panel array with power storage on my property. Something just feels right about not having to rely on others for my comfort.

 

[toddnjoyce]

Not yet. Better hop on your bicycle powered charger.

This, sir is horse puckey. I shall sell the Tesla if I can’t charge it so y’all can have the air conditioning.

 

[birddog]

Speaking of bicycles...

I recently rode a friends mountain ebike on a local trail and promptly scared the shit out myself on some unexpected whoopti do’s. It’s torquee and lightning fast on the throttle and can get away from you so fast you’d be locked up, legs sticking straight out, wide eyed with panic in the blink of an eye. Imagine that, on a bucking bronc.

Ebikes are def the future for in town commuting.

 

[diesel1959]

I save electricity in the winter to make up for the high bill in the summer. Our house is well insulated and we don’t run the heat unless there’s a risk of pipes bursting.

My wife and I are a little twisted in the winter, we like it cold and then sliding into bed with the heating blanket cranked up.

When it comes to sleeping, if I’m not cool or cold I’m miserable.

Gas heat for us, so that's not even an issue. But I pretty much like the same temp in the house whether it's winter or summer.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

birddog,

I was an avid cyclist for many years and twice a helmet saved my life.

If you don't already have one, get one for yer e-biking, please.

 

[vmax]

We need more nuclear power plants!

Natural Gas fired plants make more sense for Texas, but they tore a lot of them down
Gas got high before the last 2 or so oil booms now its dirt cheap.

 

[oldag]

Power Blows Past $9,000 Cap in Texas as Heat Triggers Emergency
By Chris Martin and Naureen S Malik, August 13, 2019, 3:38 PM CDT Updated on August 13, 2019, 5:12 PM CDT
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-surpass-9-000-amid-searing-heat?srnd=premium

Excellent article. Thanks for posting the link.