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This was posted yesterday in a tweet by "TheFrackingGuy" Oh no, what happens when the wind stops blowing! Furnaces would stop working because the blower fans

This was posted yesterday in a tweet by "TheFrackingGuy" Oh no, what happens when the wind stops blowing! Furnaces would stop working because the blower fans that circulate the warm air are powered by electricity. Water pipes would freeze, and hundreds, if not thousands, of people would die from carbon monoxide poisoning when they attempt to keep warm by bringing charcoal grills inside or sitting in running cars in their garages, as occurred in Texas during the blackouts of 2021 Big difference between Texas and Minnesota. Up North they plan for bitterly cold winters, including what to do if there isn't enough wind. Texas, on the other hand, sees a cold snap as a natural disaster. I'm surprised they don't repeat Trump's claim that windmills give you cancer

ETH_start 4y ago
>This was posted yesterday in a tweet by "TheFrackingGuy" That was flagged, maybe because it was to a tweet that linked to a geo-fenced pdf. This is a direct link to a globally accessible version of the pdf. >Up North they plan for bitterly cold winters, including what to do if there isn't enough wind. Yes, and one of the ways they plan for it is by conducting studies like this and not becoming overly reliant on intermittent energy sources.
- labrador 4y ago
  > Minnesota electricity customers will see their electricity expenses increase by an average of nearly $3,888 per year, every year, through 2050. So you're saying customers will be paying $108,864 a year for renewable electricity by 2050 under the governer's plan. Sounds to me like your modeling software IMPLAN has a bug.