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As a Texan, two tiny realities are missing from this convo. First, much of the failures last winter were caused by stuff freezing, not from overuse. The power s
by dtagames 4y ago
As a Texan, two tiny realities are missing from this convo. First, much of the failures last winter were caused by stuff freezing, not from overuse. The power system in Texas is not built for snow or ice for the same reason the one in Hawaii is not.
Secondly, Texas has the only open power market in the US. Companies compete to lower their prices and have lots of free and discount days for consumers. Is that a perfect system? No, but it does contribute to a lower cost of living which people and businesses seem to like. These are not new setups. This arrangement has existed for decades.
Finally, it's distressing to read all the as hominem attacks in this thread. Texas is not full of dumb, overweight crypto miners or insensitive eco terrorists. We have lots of smart people, some of whom like it that things are run differently than other states and that's ok. It's what freedom is all about.
BTW, Houston, Texas's largest city, gets its power entirely from wind and solar. That's a good goal for any city.
- ceejayoz 4y ago> BTW, Houston, Texas's largest city, gets its power entirely from wind and solar. That's a good goal for any city. This is a bit misleading. It appears the big-C City's own operations do, not the whole city worth of people and private industry. https://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/press/2020/100-percent-renewable-energy.html https://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/press/2020/100-percent-renew... > As part of the contract renewal, the City will power all municipal operations with renewable energy and realize $65 million in savings over the seven-year contract. Through the NRG Renewable Select plan, the City will receive 1,034,399 MWh of renewable electricity annually from a new, third-party utility-scale solar facility in Texas that is dedicated to City operations.
- dtagames 4y agoWasn't meaning to mislead. You found the exact story I was looking for. Thank you.
- timbit42 4y ago> Houston, Texas's largest city, gets its power entirely from wind and solar. What do they do at night when it's simultaneously dark and not windy?
- dtagames 4y agoI don't work in the industry but there are several known power storage technologies. This article[0] says we run the most renewable energy of any city in the US. I think that's terrific. [0] https://www.papercitymag.com/culture/houston-no-1-renewable-energy-power-oil-gas-world/ https://www.papercitymag.com/culture/houston-no-1-renewable-...