When you go to turn on your solar panels and wind turbine in Texas in February.
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Do I look like I know what a JPEG is?
Is it the 90s?
Lol I saved it awhile ago glad it was able to resurface from.however I ended up with it. Save and repost pedes.
I like how the shadow doesn't show her wearing a hat.
He like his memes in 4k for maximum libtard tearing effect. Not a drop or decibel lost from crying and reeeeing.
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Good ol’ Scoldielocks. Such a pleasant child.
It's funny because Sweden currently uses 0% wind and 0% solar and less nuclear then just 1 year ago. It's been replaced by oil, because oil works.
The share of renewable energy used in Sweden keeps growing. Already in 2012 the country reached the government's 2020 target of 50 per cent. For the power sector, the target is 100 per cent renewable electricity production by 2040.
Last updated: 14 April 2020 -- https://sweden.se/nature/energy-use-in-sweden/
Sweden is big on hydro and biofuels, about 12% wind. Still a lot of nuclear. Too far north for much solar.
Hydro makes excellent sense, though only available and viable in certain geographical areas. I continue being skeptical reg. wind and solar due to the issues reg. energy storage, at least the larger a proportion of the energy consumption they are meant to fill. I know that there are very many "creative" attempts at circumventing the issues of energy storage, but they seem to have multiple different issues (for instance "smart energy grids" where you attempt to change energy consumption to whenever the sun shines or the wind blows well...).
There are also some more meaningful solutions such as using existing energy storage facilities (which you typically have with hydropower), but those are very much case-by-case, and in some cases, if one country uses and depends on another country's energy storage facilities, that country becomes beholden to the other country, which is not exactly brilliant.
Hydro can be pretty destructive too. Look at China 3 Gorges Dam. US nearly dammed off the Yosemite Valley for power.
High voltage DC power lines could carry energy long distances for emergencies like the current. Large scale battery backup, like flow batteries and others could level loads too.
New technologies are on the way, ie:
BP and Chevron have led a US$40 million investment round for a Canadian startup that claims to have developed a unique way to extract energy from geothermal heat on demand, using an unpowered looping fluid design that's already prototyped in Alberta.
a single loop can generate "industrial-scale electricity or produce enough heat for the equivalent of 16,000 homes with a single installation." The target cost of energy production is $50 per megawatt-hour. [same price as large-scale solar]
https://newatlas.com/energy/bp-chevron-eavor-geothermal-loop/
But aren't such solutions currently still very expensive and/or immature and/or have other issues? If there are improvements in such technologies, I believe wind and solar would become much more viable, and I do very much believe that energy storage is an excellent target for more research funding, but as far as I know, it is still at least a ways off.
Geothermal also sounds interesting, though if it is viable, efficient, robust, etc., and how far off it is, I don't know.
Flow batteries are already starting to enter the marketplace. They can be made of inexpensive materials because they don't need to be light and compact like car batteries. There are literally hundreds of startup companies all over the world working the tech.
One recent report from business intelligence firm IDTechEx, cited by Energy Storage News, noted there was about 70 MW/250 MWh in redox flow battery storage capacity deployed to date, all in medium to large-scale projects. Deployments, however, are set to increase thanks to the batteries' fast response time, scalability, and not least, their much easier recyclability than lithium-ion batteries.
Gates, Bezos bet on flow battery technology
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Why are you not using archive.is or similar when linking to MSM articles?...
And "starting to enter"... they do sound interesting, but would their costs and their energy density and efficiency be sufficient reg. large-scale energy storage reg. general infrastructure and storing energy from solar/wind? I haven't looked into it, but I would definitely welcome advances. Though one must be careful reg. looking into things and considering them.
Sorry about the links. should start using archive. it's a little more work.
The fact that the sun and the moon deliver inexhaustible power for free make such energy sources very attractive, inevitable. Technology is advancing exponentially; tech singularity due in 35 yrs or so. People won't be burning fossils for long. Many companies are working on mini fusion reactors now, with some predicting 5 year timeline, for example.
New technologies always have their pessimists.
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." Thomas Watson, president of IBM, 1943.
"Television won't be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night." Darryl Zanuck, executive at 20th Century Fox, 1946
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
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Source?
ERCOT fucked this up for sure BUT I’m telling my Texas reps and senators that Texas needs to keep its independent power grid. One, when a cascading power failure hits the east or west grid we in Texas get the giggles. Two, just in case we want to finally cut ties with the assholes running the government.
Rick Perry submitted a report in 2017 highlighting the risks of relying too heavily on highly subsidized forms of power (wind/solar) as apart of their staff report.
Reading ERCOT's reports around that time shows them going all-in on wind.
Rick Perry also wanted 90 Days of coal reserves.
They shut down another 10 coal power plants and ignored any reserves.
ERCOT on some Enron shit.
Agreed, however their behavior was driven by the market, which was affected heavily through federal subsidies for wind and solar.
They used Wind as a direct replacement for coal power, which is very risky.
we just need people in leadership roles at ERCOT who actually lead. not people who were selected because they are good enforcers of an ideological dogma
and the assholes live in Texas so they have to endure any shit pies they make.
kek
How expensive is your battery bank? Do you know how many years it will last before it loses too much capacity reg. wear and tear?
Thank you very much for the answer, that is very interesting (and really nice approach and setup!).
I would believe that such a system is not yet viable for people in general, since battery banks bought new are still expensive as far as I know, but with further developments and research, it might well become much more viable and the like.
I'm going to install these, am told that with good care they will last for many decades:
https://arklithium.com/products/
Thanks for your response. I got a honking huge tax break both federal and tax, and needed the writeoff this year. I am amazed at your ability to save big bucko's on this project. I have heard of this approach but it seems a bit complex to me.
genius, I am screencapping this comment for additional study.
Need a picture of her riding AOC.
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It’s actually raining snowflakes in Texas
Too funny. I had to suck back my public laugh to avoid looking the fool (or confirming the fool, more likely) 😂
Greta will kill herself once she is older and realises nobody likes her and she got played by an old nazi, Soros.
Nah, some bluehaired hamplanet will marry her, and she'll become a famous LGBT activist; Joe Biden will probably officiate at her wedding.
How dare, y'all
Reeeeee whore!!!
The FAS is so strong in this one, can't unsee it.
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The "howdy" anagram was an inspired move. Well played Mr Pederson, well played.
In reality, failures in natural gas, coal and nuclear energy systems were responsible for nearly twice as many outages as frozen wind turbines and solar panels, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the state’s power grid, said in a press conference Tuesday.
https://apnews.com/article/false-claims-texas-blackout-wind-turbine-f9e24976e9723021bec21f9a68afe927
Natural gas is the one that failed even worse than wind though. Over 50% of the power plants offline are natural gas. The pipelines are completely frozen because the retarded "muh no federal regulations" TX independent grid and RINO fuckers refused to winterize the grid. Other states have winterized pipelines and power plants and are not having this catastrophic problem like TX as a result.
I doubt the energy companies would have winterized shit if the government stayed out. This would have been a once in a lifetime scenario that would have been "completely impractical" to solve.
This. TX is not monolithic. If some plants or lines went down, power from other places could have been shunted to where it was needed. Shuttered plants down produce any power though, it turns out.
Not winterizing anything is hardy the fault of any technology. Wind turbines and gas flow fine up here in Indiana. The Texas energy companies (which are not federally regulated because they do not cross state lines) gambled over the cost of winterizing and lost the bet.
This. Failure came after resources were drained to fund Green theory.
I have no actual knowledge of this, but, I'm willing to bet big bucks that they are regulated out the ass, state lines or no.
People buy insurance for unexpected weather events.
Power companies roll the dice.
How does that make any sense?
So when the grid is 40% wind, it will be the Natural Gas that is guilty for not making up the slack during a winter storm?
😂 howdy!
Since bitch Gretha tasted dick, she only knows how to say shit
Honey, is the wind blowing? I would really like to watch television tonight.
The not so smart Texas Government in Austin New York got suckered into green new deal China wind mills. I hope we Texans have learned a lesson. Al Gore sucks.
Maybe she should scream at random people.
Just a stupid useless sock puppet, how many hands are up this one?
Her dad should have wacked off, squirted her on the sidewalk and let the ants have her
can someone explain to me who’s/what’s behind the rolling power outages over here in Texas?? what’s going on man i’ve been without electricity for 4 days now
Funniest thing I've seen all week.
Excellent meme
Nuclear is the way.
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