Sorry, I have too, at least Texas captures their natural gas.Guess it's like everything, the loudest and most adamant are actually the few. I guess working in the oil patch for awhile, I only met the special ones.
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Sorry, I have too, at least Texas captures their natural gas.Guess it's like everything, the loudest and most adamant are actually the few. I guess working in the oil patch for awhile, I only met the special ones.
i thought everyone said texas was energy independent as part of why they could secede...?
I shit when I first read that.They are on their own power grid, but I guess that grid needs some improving.
This is probably closer to the truth. It was a "perfect storm" event. I'm not defending ERCOT or ONCOR but there is a lot of moving parts to this fricking fiasco. Not the least of which is the fricking Fed .gov, FERC and the like.Just do a little research, read just not what you normally want to. Natural gas wells froze, once storage capacities were emptied, those plants could not run at capacity if at all. Coal fired plants were down for scheduled maintenance which is standard procedure for low peak times, which winter normally is there.
It may have highlighted the short comings of renewable energy, but shit came together at once for disaster.
I did read where they decided where to cut power and to whom, if true, that will surface, not good if true.
Biden had nothing to do with this shit show.
Did you read that they ordered Texas to buy power at NO LESS than $1,500 per kilowatt hour?? Since when does protecting the environment come with a not less than price tag??? Wonder who was behind the companies with those mandated prices? Me too.I’m no Biden fan, but the headline in this is hyperbole. Did they try to enforce green standards? Maybe. Probably. But did they want Texans to die to the point they enforced green standards to ensure it?I don’t think this is accurate.
FFS, even if this were true everyone should have had enough self reliance to get ready and meet it head on. There was damn near a week of warning even if you didn’t have preps. Then Texans could have helped Texans for what, 7 days, while it blew through? Blaming Biden for Texans’ own lack of preparation isn’t correct. We need to have our own house in order and take responsibility for our own lack of action. We are Texas, not a liberal, dependent shithole. Except for the transplants who have no sense of responsibility. The elderly rests upon the rest of us to take care of as well.
What has this state become?
Just do a little research, read just not what you normally want to. Natural gas wells froze, once storage capacities were emptied, those plants could not run at capacity if at all. Coal fired plants were down for scheduled maintenance which is standard procedure for low peak times, which winter normally is there.
It may have highlighted the short comings of renewable energy, but shit came together at once for disaster.
I did read where they decided where to cut power and to whom, if true, that will surface, not good if true.
Biden had nothing to do with this shit show.
This is probably closer to the truth. It was a "perfect storm" event. I'm not defending ERCOT or ONCOR but there is a lot of moving parts to this fricking fiasco. Not the least of which is the fricking Fed .gov, FERC and the like.
I was unaware of any request, if I spoke out of context, that's on me. I just read a few sources of news after the initial, windmill freezing, snow covered solar panel fiascos most of us relished.So even if biden wouldnt have rejected the request, the power production wouldnt have met demand?
Did biden know that the production couldnt meet demand prior to denying the request?
Or, again...can more than one specific thing be considered factual?
No Benghazi. The press is blaming it on the fact that Texas has been in Republican control for so long and is touting the emergency aid from the Biden admin as saving the day.I was unaware of any request, if I spoke out of context, that's on me. I just read a few sources of news after the initial, windmill freezing, snow covered solar panel fiascos most of us relished.
I am not enlarging to read the print, but if he did, way more lives lost in Texas than "The Bloody Coup" on Jan 6th if we are holding people accountable.
Biden's Benghazi ?
yeah, they bragged about sending 60 generators to help 1.5 million households without power.No Benghazi. The press is blaming it on the fact that Texas has been in Republican control for so long and is touting the emergency aid from the Biden admin as saving the day.
The beer would have froze, mate! Whisky will fare better.Fuck Sake, guys and girls.
Look after yourselves first.
Rant and rave about your new President.
You can blame him for lots of stuff if you want, but the fucken weather?
You had weather warnings.
You guys need weather apps on your phones.
Bring your camping gear near or inside house.
BBQ gas bottles, at least two in reserve and filled.
Fire starter kits from your packs or portable gas stoves. Shovels.
Diesel inverters, spare fuel and serviced, Good2Go.
You should have a complete four seasons kit of clothing. For all members of family.
Comprehensive medical kit.
Two weeks of rations, plus pet food.
Keep extra food in additional chest freezer, rotate regularly.
Fresh Water storage, 20 litres per person, per day, minimum. Filtration kit.
Batteries, radios, head lamps, torches, flares, basic vehicle kit, chainsaw.
Battery power tools.
Beer, and.......CARDIO.
No doubt you have the guns and ammo.
Hope everyone survived.
Better luck next time.
I'll give you a better example. Before the last Hurricane, that one hit mostly Lake Charles, under Trumps command gave out hotel & food vouchers (sold out most the North Texas hotels) in advance of the hurricane making landfall. Pre-emptive addressing of potential problems.Hope somebody is preparing memes to compare and contrast media coverage between this and Katrina.
I’m no Biden fan, but the headline in this is hyperbole. Did they try to enforce green standards? Maybe. Probably. But did they want Texans to die to the point they enforced green standards to ensure it?I don’t think this is accurate.
FFS, even if this were true everyone should have had enough self reliance to get ready and meet it head on. There was damn near a week of warning even if you didn’t have preps. Then Texans could have helped Texans for what, 7 days, while it blew through? Blaming Biden for Texans’ own lack of preparation isn’t correct. We need to have our own house in order and take responsibility for our own lack of action. We are Texas, not a liberal, dependent shithole. Except for the transplants who have no sense of responsibility. The elderly rests upon the rest of us to take care of as well.
What has this state become?
Lol. Just spent 4 years laughing (rightfully so) at people blaming Trump for shit he wasn’t responsible for. Now blaming Biden for a problem he didn’t create from January to now.
Great job bear pit. Great job.
I watched neighbors who claim they want to boogaloo......not know how to keep themselves warm after the tv hadn’t worked for all of 10 minutes. Same types of people saying they were out of firewood when we are surrounded by trees and brush laying around.
I watched people who always talk about not needed the government......cry about how the government wasn’t prepared to keep them warm when they couldn’t do it themselves just for a few days.
Maybe everyone should stop blaming some dude in Washington and figure out how to take care of themselves for 8 minutes.
Ya’ll ain’t ready for slightly chilly for 3 days......let along civil war 2.0.
But, everyone managed to charge their cell phones and post on the hide and social media.
What is increase power output look like, do feds flip a switch and more power goes to Texas? Isn’t Texas on its own power grid?But you have to admit, when the governor asked for relief and the Biden EPA denied their request to increase power output, I can blame Biden for that action.
That action (or inaction if you will) certainly added to the disaster. I don't know how much it would have helped but people in the know seem to think it was a large contributing factor.
What is increase power output look like, do feds flip a switch and more power goes to Texas? Isn’t Texas on its own power grid?
Lol. Just spent 4 years laughing (rightfully so) at people blaming Trump for shit he wasn’t responsible for. Now blaming Biden for a problem he didn’t create from January to now.
Great job bear pit. Great job.
I watched neighbors who claim they want to boogaloo......not know how to keep themselves warm after the tv hadn’t worked for all of 10 minutes. Same types of people saying they were out of firewood when we are surrounded by trees and brush laying around.
I watched people who always talk about not needed the government......cry about how the government wasn’t prepared to keep them warm when they couldn’t do it themselves just for a few days.
Maybe everyone should stop blaming some dude in Washington and figure out how to take care of themselves for 8 minutes.
Ya’ll ain’t ready for slightly chilly for 3 days......let along civil war 2.0.
But, everyone managed to charge their cell phones and post on the hide and social media.
Your article is horseshit garbage. ERCOT asked for a hall pass from DOE, and they got it. Anyone with an 8th grade education who can turn off their political bent for 5 minutes could read DOE Order 202-21-1 and determine as much.![]()
Did Biden Admin Ordered ERCOT To Throttle Energy Output By Forcing It To Comply With Environmental Green Energy Standards? - USA SUPREME
OPINION The White House said on Thursday a severe winter storm engulfing Texas and nearby states was the type ofwww.usasupreme.com
Is there any advantage to running your own grid if you need to follow federal regulations? And request went days before? Aren’t you kinda asking for failure for not being prepared before?From my understanding, Texas needed to get PERMISSION from the EPA to increase their power. I think it's due to the increase in output gases from the process. Whether it's coal or natural gas, the power generating system must not exceed a certain level of pollution. The EPA must authorize this procedure by Federal mandate/law.
This is why some people are blaming the Biden administration. This was not a last minute (after the fact) request. I believe the request went to the EPA days before the extremely cold air got to the area. I have not heard the reason for the EPA to decline this request, but it better be a good reason or there's going to be a lot of explaining to do.
I'm going to have to agree with this.Lol. Just spent 4 years laughing (rightfully so) at people blaming Trump for shit he wasn’t responsible for. Now blaming Biden for a problem he didn’t create from January to now.
Great job bear pit. Great job.
I watched neighbors who claim they want to boogaloo......not know how to keep themselves warm after the tv hadn’t worked for all of 10 minutes. Same types of people saying they were out of firewood when we are surrounded by trees and brush laying around.
I watched people who always talk about not needed the government......cry about how the government wasn’t prepared to keep them warm when they couldn’t do it themselves just for a few days.
Maybe everyone should stop blaming some dude in Washington and figure out how to take care of themselves for 8 minutes.
Ya’ll ain’t ready for slightly chilly for 3 days......let along civil war 2.0.
But, everyone managed to charge their cell phones and post on the hide and social media.
I think your slowly understanding that Texas’s own grid failed. It’s their own, why need feds? You own your house, is it my fault if it gets broken into? Or do I need to approve the locks and cameras at your house?You can bet that next time Texas will not ask anyone for permission.
People's lives and state economy at stake.
Fed's can suck it.
That's like asking permission to protect yourself and family in imminent danger.
One reason Texas has it's own grid I thought was so we had autonomy over it so we could serve our needs first and stemmed from keeping our power on in the summer instead of the feds sending it out causing blackouts here.
Maybe Texas should wash it's hands of DC.
My understanding is both. Increased demand plus decreased production capacity.Hi,
As I said...I am no electrician...shit I am pretty much mechanically declined too, lol....
I have not read the entire DOE request or report.
Did the powergrid fail based on pure infrastructure (substations, transformers, lines, etc) or did the powergrid fail with not having enough power running through it due to the demand placed on it from users?
Sincerely,
Theis
From what I am gathering from my buds that are still working at the plants its not so much that the grid failed as in fell apart, it was that it failed due to EPA regulations and too high of a percentage of the generation being based on renewables that either froze (windmills) or were covered in snow (solar panels). Had the lignite plants and others that were shuttered still be up and running this wouldn't have been as big of an issue.Hi,
Here is a question...
So how would the actually increasing of the electricity via "Biden Allowing It" done any good when the ERCOT grid failed?
I am no electrician but doesn't really matter what the electricity throttle was set at if the tires blew out; right?
The TEXAS maintained system failed even at the "non increased" output right?
So it wouldn't mattered (for the sake of debate) that "Biden did allow the increase in output"....Texans would have still been without power right?
Sincerely,
Theis
Not sure why the lack of preparation is predicated by biden admin rejecting the increase in power output?
Its not the admins fault people that people werent prepared. But if what is being stated is true, wouldnt it at least show that some loss of life is an acceptable trade for green policy?
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Let me answer this as best I can:Hmm, I wonder how many people were stocked up before chicom flu?
I wonder how many of them had much work?
How does weather or not people prepared change the gov responsibility for their actions or inaction?
Does the epa let stores sell wood burning stoves down there anymore?
I would agree totally - if the EPA hadn't added the $1500/Mwh restriction. AKA - more than tenfold cost increase.The article is really trying to paint this as the Biden administrations fault. However reading the DoE order plus knowing that Texas deregulated its energy sector tells a different story.
That order is the DOE telling ERCOT to go ahead and pollute more if you absolutely must, based on your local knowledge, but as soon as you can get back within the EPA regs. So its the Biden Admin telling them to pollute to produce more power.
Tough problem for Texas. A very low likelihood but high consequence scenario. ERCOT gambled in order to make more money by a reduction of cold-weather equipment and screwed it up.
Control the weather? Yup I read that conspiracy theory back when I read all the others that seem eerily relevant..
Well maybe we should blame every Texan for not purchasing and maintaining a home size generator that won't get ran 24 hrs in 5 years time normally.
I hope our governor crackes some heads.
I bet you live in one of the leach states.
We got off the grid to keep from having blackouts in the summer caused by leaches.
The people sucking fairy dust filled cocks and saving the whales all of a sudden every summer wanted our dirty electricity causing us outages.
Sometimes when your man enough to stand alone you get your ass handed to you.
I'll take the once a decade gamble.