Comments by "Colorme Dubious" (@colormedubious4747) on "Record Low Temperatures Make Life Miserable in Texas" video.

There's a lot of nonsense in this thread. 1) While Texas produces more wind power than any other state and (were it a country) ranks 5th in the world in wind energy production, the state itself doesn't build or own wind farms. Power companies do. 2) Wind might be free but wind turbines are NOT. It takes significant capital investment to build them, maintain them, lease the land under them, and connect them to the grid. 3) Nuclear power plants in the USA have an exemplary safety record, especially since the consolidations. "The China Syndrome" is a poorly-written (but well-acted) FICTIONAL movie. Three Mile Island wasn't the disaster that the fear-porn peddlers make it out to be. NO reactor in the USA was designed by the Soviet Union. Some nuclear wastes can be recycled (look up mixed oxide fuel rods but ignore the links to the game/sim version thereof). 4) There is no "ideal" way to generate electricity. Each mode has its pros and cons. The best solution is a mix of sources, including nuclear, wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal for base loads plus fossil fuels, waste-to-energy, and other smoky modes for peaking. "100% renewable" sounds great if you know nothing about the subject but real-world limitations will smack you in the face. Hydropower opportunities are extremely limited. Solar is highly weather-dependent. Wind is geography-dependent and you need to build 3 times demand to reasonably guarantee capacity. Geothermal is maintenance-heavy and best suited for development to the west of I-25. Tidal is still in its infancy and not yet a serious player. The more you know...
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You are comparing apples and screwdrivers. California overregulated themselves into a corner and impaired their own generating capacity by caving in to hypocrites who keep using gobs of electricity while whining about "dirty" power production and driving their single-occupant Hummers to environmental protests. Texas actually HAS the generating capacity but this once-per-century weather event has frozen generators and wellheads while also dropping power lines onto the ground. Come summer, Texans will be sipping iced tea in air-conditioned comfort while you folks will be sweating in the dark. Just remember to NOT vote the same way you did there after you escape the lunacy and move to Texas!
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Most of us have gas heat. However, blower fans in the air handlers still need electricity because they're fans.
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@willsspencer2304 Bugger off, scammer.
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I have 23 solar panels on my roof yet not one watt is being generated because they're covered with a thick layer of snow. Food for thought...
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@cosmiclouie1 I didn't imply that YOU had a Hummer, lol. Enjoy your beach, sir. My solar panels continued to work throughout this exceptionally rare event even under cloudy skies and buried under multiple layers of ice and snow. I don't have to boil water except for my daily dose of oatmeal. My rainwater collection system is feeding my toilet tanks and I have several full 5gal bottles of distilled water for my water cooler. I'm doing well. Save your heartfelt wishes for the elderly retirees in unheated flooded-out senior living centers.
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You are comparing apples and screwdrivers. California overregulated themselves into a corner and impaired their own generating capacity by caving in to hypocrites who keep using gobs of electricity while whining about "dirty" power production and driving their single-occupant Hummers to environmental protests. Texas actually HAS the generating capacity but this once-per-century weather event has frozen generators and wellheads while also dropping power lines onto the ground. Come summer, Texans will be sipping iced tea in air-conditioned comfort while you folks will be sweating in the dark. Just remember to NOT vote the same way you did there after you escape the lunacy and move to Texas!
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Texas generates more wind power than any other state and all but 4 entire countries. Just saying.
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Hydro has VERY limited opportunity in the USA. Most places where it can work already have it. Only 5% of our national renewables portfolio is hydro. Environmentalists hate it and many dams have been removed, especially in the northeast.
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You are comparing apples and screwdrivers. California overregulated themselves into a corner and impaired their own generating capacity by caving in to hypocrites who keep using gobs of electricity while whining about "dirty" power production and driving their single-occupant Hummers to environmental protests. Texas actually HAS the generating capacity but this once-per-century weather event has frozen generators and wellheads while also dropping power lines onto the ground. Come summer, Texans will be sipping iced tea in air-conditioned comfort while you folks will be sweating in the dark. Just remember to NOT vote the same way you did there after you escape the lunacy and move to Texas!
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@bobthebuilder9339 I am extremely pro-renewable. All I said was that 100% renewable is unreasonable. I put my money where my belief is and invested a bundle in my solar setup, unlike most of the hypocrites who like to tell other people what to do while doing nothing themselves (I'm not aiming that shot at you, sir). As you mentioned, commercial-scale geothermal CAN work almost anywhere but the brine is VERY harsh on the equipment and the temperature gradients favor the western U.S. Dry (oil) wells are also excellent candidates for geothermal development. Yes, nukes take time to crank up or shut down, which is why their best use is for base load. As I said, the best solution is a rich mix of generation modalities.
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@ryanwahlstrom7579 Yes, but the homes are built to shed heat, not retain it.
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Are you implying that the blizzard had a political bias?
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@markguitarlfk [Citation Needed]
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@WaysonHarris There isn't a "national power grid." There are 3 major grids and a host of smaller ones.
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@jeffreydennis4385 Our public beaches largely suck but most of them DO have bathrooms.
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