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One of the dudes I play bball with is an engineer for ercot, the texas agency that is often blamed for the Feb 2021 freeze.
His explanation of last years freeze:
1. Nat gas power plants were not built for such cold temperatures and they broke, not the green wind turbines
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His explanation of last years freeze:
1. Nat gas power plants were not built for such cold temperatures and they broke, not the green wind turbines
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2. There just was not enough power generation. Ercot’s job is to best use the power they are given by the power plants and there was not enough so they had to rotate it between the residential areas.
3. Depending on whether or not the city’s residential grids were shared with critical infrastructure that never loses power eg hosptials, fire, and other city stuff, their experiences were different
