sci.energy

On Feb 28, 1:58=A0pm, "Stephen Sprunk" wrote:
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> news:b2197490-1b84-4022-ae4b-688b94e37c53@...
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> > ERCOT said the grid's frequency dropped suddenly when wind
> > production fell from more than 1,700 megawatts, before the event, to
> > 300 MW when the emergency was declared.
> ...
> > At the time of the emergency, ERCOT demand increased from
> > 31,200 MW to a peak of 35,612 MW, about half the total generating
> > capacity in the region, according to the agency's Web site.
>
> So 1400MW of wind power suddenly disappeared (as wind tends to do here) an=
d
> it caused a stage 2 emergency in the most reliable power grid in North
> America despite it being only about 2% of the total capacity.
>
> What happens when the tree-huggers get their way and we've got 50%+ of our=

> capacity depending on the fickle winds?

By the time the idiot Fascists figure that out. we'll have built
so many . robots for the idiots, it won't matter.




=A0How many people are going to freeze
> to death or suffer heat stroke because we'll be forced into rolling
> blackouts or even cascading failures any time the wind stops blowing? =A0H=
ow
> much higher is ERCOT going to have to push their emergency reserves (costi=
ng
> everyone money) to prevent that from happening due to the sudden
> catastrophic generation losses that are inherent to wind? =A0We're far bet=
ter
> off spending our money on new nukes that are safer, more reliable, and
> better for the environment.
>
> S
>
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ein
> CCIE #3723 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws th=
e
> K5SSS =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawkin=
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