Biden

[sugilite:Me]

And yet another Electric Jesus style empty promise of salvation....

Written by “staff writer” translation cut and paste plagiarism from another publication “Nature Journal” sounds really scientific and credible lol...

How precious, KB's biggest conspiracy loony all of a sudden cares about facts and science

Stop it!! You are going to confuse the poor woman.

Just saying...

Awww, how adorbs! Looks like kb's Babyboner is back. Guess the weeny whiner is out on a home visit from the palmie psych ward and has internet access again

[Bonez]

Blah blah fuckng blah.

Keep that knitting up.

Oh, and keep lisenting to those angry little voices in your head deary,

Just saying.....

[pritch]

Joe Biden has asked (or is about to ask) for the resignation of nearly all US Attorneys. US Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president so it is normal for an incoming president to ask for these resignations. Two US Attorneys will be permitted to stay and continue their work: the US Attorney in Delaware investigatig Hunter Biden, and the US Attoreny investigating the FBI spying on the 2016 Trump campaign.

Amazing. Unlike the last four years where self interest was the sole criterion, decisions are being made on the basis of ethical considerations. How refreshing.

[pritch]

Texas has suffered a severe winter storm. Large areas are fozen and the power is cut to millions apparently. They aren't used to this. Just a week or two ago Republican poiticians were suggesting Texas secede from the union, but they were super fast on the draw when it came to rquesting emergency aid. Unlike Trump, Biden responded quickly, and he didn't even ask for a favour.

Now the Republican politicians are blaming Biden and Harris's Green New Deal for the power outage. Never mind that there hasn't been time yet for the new administration to even start work on their green agenda. The Republican story also ignores the history. Texas withdrew from the national grid and went it alone. They could do it better they said. They dereglated the market and arranged it so the people who owned the power companies could make more money. Now suddenly it's all somebody else's fault.




https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...vote-secession

[pritch]

The Texas power outage is creating oportunites for politicians to shoot themselves in the foot. Rick Perry has said on FOX that lack of power due to green policies as espoused by AOC will kill people. This is the same Rick Perry who as Governor of Texas took Texas off the national grid. Having done such a stunningly good job of that, Trump made him Secretary of Energy in charge of all US energy generation. And the nuclear arsenal.

After decades of Republican control in Texas, officials are blaming the democrats and windmills. The windmills in Texas were not 'winterised' and they failed. There are parts of the US that experience much colder weather than Texas and their wind turbines did not experience the same failure rate. Greenland apparently uses wind turbines without too much difficulty. Not that reality has much to do with things in Texas. About 88% of their power comes from nuclear, coal,* or predominantly natural gas. Only about 12% comes from wind turbines. The cold put one of the nuclear stations and most of the gas fired generation out of action. It has been suggested that the problem in Texas is that everything was done on the cheap.



* I've also seen mention of oil which makes more sense it is Texas after all.

[scumdog]

The Texas power outage is creating oportunites for politicians to shoot themselves in the foot. Rick Perry has said on FOX that lack of power due to green policies as espoused by AOC will kill people. This is the same Rick Perry who as Governor of Texas took Texas off the national grid. Having done such a stunningly good job of that, Trump made him Secretary of Energy in charge of all US energy generation. And the nuclear arsenal.

After decades of Republican control in Texas, officials are blaming the democrats and windmills. The windmills in Texas were not 'winterised' and they failed. There are parts of the US that experience much colder weather than Texas and their wind turbines did not experience the same failure rate. Greenland apparently uses wind turbines without too much difficulty. Not that reality has much to do with things in Texas. About 88% of their power comes from nuclear, coal,* or predominantly natural gas. Only about 12% comes from wind turbines. The cold put one of the nuclear stations and most of the gas fired generation out of action. It has been suggested that the problem in Texas is that everything was done on the cheap.



* I've also seen mention of oil which makes more sense it is Texas after all.

Thanks for that Pritch, I know one or two people in Texas including San Antonio which has had the first snow in many years.

[pritch]

Thanks for that Pritch, I know one or two people in Texas including San Antonio which has had the first snow in many years.

TV1 News tonight made the situation look a whole lot worse than had been presented previously. I'd read 10 people had died, presumably frozen. If I heard right the news mentioned over 100 have died of carbon monoxide poisoning from running their cars in the garage to get warm. Others have burned down their house while trying to heat it.

Millions have no water and no power and it's below freezing. Tough on the homeless. Senator Ted Cruze of Texas is a good man in a tight spot, he has taken off with his family to a resort in Cancun, Mexico. Just across the water from Cuba. Should be a lot nicer there.


Lubbock, Texas 13°F. (minus 11c)
Cancun, Mexico 85°F. (30 deg c )

[ellipsis]

...not to worry...just the plight of another third world country masquerading as #1...sounds a bit like here...

[pritch]

It turns out the situation in Texas is not without precedent. They had a freeze in 1989 which caused similar problems and another in 2011. Following the 2011 freeze the national electricity body (FERC) investigated and produced a 300 plus page report. The basis of the report was that electricity generation in Texas should be winterised.

It seems that because:
1) it would have cut profits and
2) Texan politicians don't like the federal govt telling them what to do, precisely nothing was done.

If Texans keep electing clowns such as those that have been running the state for decades nothing will change.

Just one problem among many, Harris County Jail. Nine thousand prisoners, 2000 guards, they have electricity but no water pressure. The toilets don't flush.

[pete376403]

Wind farms generate somewhere between 10% - 12% of Texas power.

[TheDemonLord]

Wind farms generate somewhere between 10% - 12% of Texas power.

I'd hazard a guess that Turbines in Antarctica are designed for Antarctic conditions, whereas the Turbines in Texas probably aren't...

[pete376403]

I'd hazard a guess that Turbines in Antarctica are designed for Antarctic conditions, whereas the Turbines in Texas probably aren't...

Well maybe that should have been taken into consideration when they were installed. It's not like snowfall in Texas is unknown. This storms severity might be unusual, but good management practice should consider unusual events when planning. How many corners were cut to generate a higher profit?

"The Northern Plains' climate is semi-arid and is prone to drought, annually receiving between 16 and 32 inches (810 mm) of precipitation, and average annual snowfall ranging between 15 and 30 inches, with the greatest snowfall amounts occurring in the Texas panhandle and areas near the border with New Mexico."

[pritch]

Well maybe that should have been taken into consideration when they were installed. It's not like snowfall in Texas is unknown. This storms severity might be unusual, but good management practice should consider unusual events when planning. How many corners were cut to generate a higher profit?

As has been mentioned this extreme cold weather seems to occur every ten years or so. Following the 2011 incident Texas was advised to 'winterise' their generation resources but they knew better. Greenland and Denmark among others use wind turbines. The reasons the Texan turnbines failed are basically stupidity and greed.

There are several pics of wind turbines in Antarctica circulating, you saved me the trouble of posting one.

[TheDemonLord]

Well maybe that should have been taken into consideration when they were installed. It's not like snowfall in Texas is unknown. This storms severity might be unusual, but good management practice should consider unusual events when planning. How many corners were cut to generate a higher profit?

No doubt there's factors at play - and the ones listed are entirely reasonable, Management loves to not spend big bucks on upgrades to protect against 1 in X year events.

It's more that the comparison is a touch unreasonable, since when designing a system, one can be reasonably sure that in Antarctica, one is going to encounter sub-zero temps...

[R650R]

Biden promised a dark winter and is punishing Texas for being pro gun and pro trump