Comments by "Diana Pennepacker" (@dianapennepacker6854) on "How a small change could double the size of the U.S. electricity grid" video.

I think the issue is that some places did not budget correctly, and have no money to replace the older parts. Since they keep shifting to other things, and doing the bare minimum. Or the area is simply poorer. The problem is private companies have their agenda to make more profits for their shareholders instead of actually making America secured. Look at the Texas grid, and all the woes. They didn't want to be regulated so they went on their own with their private company doing bare minimum. They didn't build for the cold, nor prepare for the extreme heat! In Texas! Texas should be an energy power house, with wind, solar, and oil. Wild. I'm so sick of us subsidizing these companies just for them to pocket those as profits. I bet it would be more stable, and better if it was ran by the government. The power companies are like banks now. Too big to fail, and they know it.
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@philtimmons722 Yeah but a lot failed for dumb reasons too. Practical Engineering did a great video of what went down hour by hour. A cascade of failures.
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@eddyb2001 Right? I'm not a communist. We gave private companies the chance. They picked going a route that isn't up to snuff. I think privatizing the power grid is as dumb as privatizing the military. Our entire country relies on energy, and companies always pick paying share holders instead of reinvesting these days. In the only time in our history really can we produce power without actually having to hit the jackpot. Solar and wind are there, and the sun over produces daily in every state. Solar works even in the winter on a cloudy day. Just need to capture, over produce, and store it. Personally I think subsidizing solar and batteries even more is the way to go. Getting solar and batteries on every house. Not now. Once scientist figure out how to make pervoskite for dirt cheap that last against weather in the next five years.
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It is clear to me that private companies cannot be trusted with the grid. It is making us vulnerable to attack or any catastrophe. We basically pay for the grid multiple times. Once to build a plant. Then we give owner ship to companies who charge us, and have split the grid into a convulted mess where non take responsibility. Then when they don't build the grid up to snuff they come crying for more. Since they build at the minimum possible level, and all extra goes to shareholders. Texas grid is a clear example. They didn't want to connect with the other two American grids due to not wanting to follow regulations. They didn't build to expect extreme weather for both hot and cold. How can you not expect high AC usage in Texas? Idiots don't spend for insulation either. Good news on renewable. They can be more isolated, and the sun over produces for wind and solar. Solar works even when it is snowing. So hopefully it will be so cheap we start over producing in abundance. I forsee storage being the issue, but if it gets cheap enough where every home is equipped with one of the storage solutions we will be fine.
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