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Not many people seem to know that the power grid issue wasn't to do with the power grid... I think Texas will do well with crypto from what I understand. http
by b3nji 5y ago
Not many people seem to know that the power grid issue wasn't to do with the power grid...
I think Texas will do well with crypto from what I understand.
http://adam.curry.com/art/1613521813_mxdUgmnT.html http://adam.curry.com/art/1613521813_mxdUgmnT.html
- ryanfreeborn 5y agoYour source is a Texas-secessionist rant with no citations? Do you have any actual objective reviews of why the power grid issue happened?
- mikeyouse 5y agoThat’s straight nonsense from some bizarre “Texit” secession advocate. https://energy.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/UTAustin%20%282021%29%20EventsFebruary2021TexasBlackout%2020210714.pdf https://energy.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/UTAustin%20%28... Texas lost 30,000 MW of thermal power plants due to thermal maintenance and thermal forced outages (Page 18). In the face of unprecedented (but not unpredicted) demand, they had to load shed like crazy to save their grid. It’s not a complicated story and has literally nothing to do with EPA clean air regulations. Page 34 gives the breakdown by power plant type.. poorly prepared natural gas pipelines and power plants were essentially entirely responsible for the outage.
- mindslight 5y agotldr - blames federal regulations limiting (coal) pollution that easily travels across state borders. skips any examination of why Texas doesn't have enough plants meeting modern pollution standards.