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Wind turbines usually brake after 25m/s wind speeds for safety reasons. They stopped working in Texas cause they were frozen, not because it was too windy.
by missurunha 5y ago
Wind turbines usually brake after 25m/s wind speeds for safety reasons. They stopped working in Texas cause they were frozen, not because it was too windy.
- coldcode 5y agoClearly this is a Texas only problem, given it works in much colder countries and States. Texas did not want to pay to winterize to maximize profits. Risk reward, a few hundred dead people once in a while vs. profits every year.
- chasd00 5y agoThis is not even close to fair. Everyone is forgetting how exceptional the storm really was. If Miami were hit by a magnitude 7 earthquake would you all be whining about Miami’s building codes?
- Tarragon 5y agoConsidering that this exact thing also happened ten years ago. How exceptional is this kind of storm? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/18/state-energy-winter-protections-lacking-reports-have-suggested/4490501001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/18/state-...
- chasd00 5y agoi was here for both, what happened then wasn't anywhere near as severe or prolonged.