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<blockquote data-quote="MWBATL" data-source="post: 781094" data-attributes="member: 944"><p>There's a fairly long explanation in detail in the WSJ about this topic. What [USER=789]@LibertyTurns[/USER] stated above is indeed the root cause, but the wind turbines were supplying as much as over 40% of the power in Texas as recently as last week before they froze and failed. The pipelines then also had trouble, but the point remains that solar and wind energy MUST have backups because they CANNOT be relied upon at all times, especially during extreme periods of demand. Coal and oil are much more reliable in this regard and if we aren't careful we will leave our populations exposed without adequate backups. All in the name of fake culture war climate change rhetoric.</p><p></p><p>There are real issues in climate change, and there are complex issues which should be discussed, debated intelligently and worked through. It is my great hope that we can avoid what happened with covid and stop politicizing these discussions. Wind turbines failed, and it is highly questionable that there is a decent cost-benefit for winterizing the Texas grid the way the Minnesota grid needs to be winterized. Fossil fuels will be needed for the indefinite future. We should stop making this into another covid debate where one side automatically opposes the other....just because.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MWBATL, post: 781094, member: 944"] There's a fairly long explanation in detail in the WSJ about this topic. What [USER=789]@LibertyTurns[/USER] stated above is indeed the root cause, but the wind turbines were supplying as much as over 40% of the power in Texas as recently as last week before they froze and failed. The pipelines then also had trouble, but the point remains that solar and wind energy MUST have backups because they CANNOT be relied upon at all times, especially during extreme periods of demand. Coal and oil are much more reliable in this regard and if we aren't careful we will leave our populations exposed without adequate backups. All in the name of fake culture war climate change rhetoric. There are real issues in climate change, and there are complex issues which should be discussed, debated intelligently and worked through. It is my great hope that we can avoid what happened with covid and stop politicizing these discussions. Wind turbines failed, and it is highly questionable that there is a decent cost-benefit for winterizing the Texas grid the way the Minnesota grid needs to be winterized. Fossil fuels will be needed for the indefinite future. We should stop making this into another covid debate where one side automatically opposes the other....just because. [/QUOTE]
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