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There's a lot that can be solved there just by adding storage. I won't pretend it's a silver bullet, the only silver bullet here is the much more vague "invest
by soneil 6y ago
There's a lot that can be solved there just by adding storage. I won't pretend it's a silver bullet, the only silver bullet here is the much more vague "invest in your infrastructure like your economy depends on it" - but Texas is so resource-rich that it treats supply as a solved problem, and has very little buffer storage between gas supply and gas plants. "Just-in-time logistics" carries risks and rewards, and a large part of what we're seeing here is those risks.
- sanp 6y agoHow is not winterizing equipment JIT?
- soneil 6y agoIt's not - I'm not trying to pretend this is the only problem or the only solution. It's just one facet of a wider problem (as is winterizing). Anyone who tells you there's only one problem here is either being naive, or hand-wavy (eg, the problem is investment. I do believe that stands, but it's terribly hand-wavy). Texas' overall pipeline, for gas at least, is a pretty straight connection of supplier to consumer - which is the equivalence I'm drawing to JIT logistics. Any fluctuation at the supply (which is most the winterization issues) is a direct risk to the consumer. Buffers in the distribution reduce risk to the consumer. Winterization reduces risk at supplier. Neither exists in a vacuum, they both contribute to the overall resilience of the system.