collinsmark said:This from today, Practical Engineering:
When Texas’ natural gas supplies froze up, prices soared, and now Minnesota’s customers are looking at an $800 million bill.
It sounds like a lucrative business MORE people should get into, don't you think? Why don't YOU build these generators and run them as YOU see fit? It is far easier to prove a point with an example rather than with things that do not exist: words and ideas.Office_Shredder said:Electricity generators made something like 40 billion dollars in windfall profits. That's probably enough to justify some weather proofing? How much are they supposed to make?
A random Google search suggests texas uses 1 TWh of electricity per day. It also suggests natural gas plants cost about 800 dollars per kW of power they can produce (I picked natural gas because I believe it can turn on and off quickly, exactly what you want to respond to this type of crisis).
If I did my math right (questionable, double check me!) I think you could spend that 40 billion dollars building enough natural gas plants to produce electricity for all of Texas.
No. He only handled the aggregate issues which do nothing to account for all the micro issues involved in this problem.scottdave said:I liked that video. I thought he did a decent job explaining the sequence leading up to the power failures.
We went into this expecting to have some "rolling blackouts" - off for a few hours, then back on again. That would have been manageable. Instead, it went out, then stayed out for 2 days at my house. Then in other neighborhoods a few miles away, it was off for less than 24 hours.