Climate Change Denial

[mspohr]

Thousands of Texans are without power as arctic cold front hits state

ERCOT says there is enough to meet the demand, but still, thousands of Texans are without power. Gov. Abbot warned that issues like downed power lines could cause outages.

abc13.com

I hope the residents over prepared this time.

ERCOT told them not to worry; everything is fine.

 

[eevee-fan]

KXAN.com: Ted Cruz tweets about rising Cancun flight costs ahead of another Texas winter storm.

Ted Cruz tweets about rising Cancun flight costs ahead of another Texas winter storm

Cruz posted Wednesday morning on his personal Twitter account, “Inflation is out of control.” He then listed the words gas prices, food prices and lumber prices next to upward arrow emo…

www.kxan.com

 

[CyberGus]

I hope the residents over prepared this time.

I still haven't used all the T.P. that I stockpiled for Covid

 

[eevee-fan]

Any word on Snowflake?

 

[eevee-fan]

Houston Chronicle : Fed-up Texans are creating their own tiny power grids. Here's how..

Fed-up Texans are creating their own tiny power grids. Here's how.

Tired of the issues with the state's grid, thousands of Texans who have turned to solar...

www.houstonchronicle.com

 

[DrLOAC]

Houston Chronicle : Fed-up Texans are creating their own tiny power grids. Here's how..

Fed-up Texans are creating their own tiny power grids. Here's how.

Tired of the issues with the state's grid, thousands of Texans who have turned to solar...

www.houstonchronicle.com

We added a natural gas whole home generator for the time being. It’s been great for the few brief power outages we had.

It’s not just batteries that are in short supply. Generators are hard to come by as well. It took 6 months to get ours in. The backlog is now 9 months. An additional issue we ran into was the installation companies weren’t aware that customers in coastal counties who use government backed Texas Windstorm Insurance Agency for windstorm insurance must have an inspection of the generator install done or they can deny claims.

We found that out the hard way when trying to add the generator to our policy. So get a generator to deal with storm related power outages but lose your storm insurance coverage

Eventually I’d like to go solar/battery but my roof probably has another 5-7 years left in it. At that point we’ll probably install panels or a solar roof.

 

[JRP3]

Do you have your own storage tank for NG or is it piped in? I ask because I thought part of the problem last year was not enough NG available.

 

[eevee-fan]

Tesla is planning a big Megapack project at Gigafactory Texas to avoid unreliable electric grid

According to new local flings, Tesla is planning a big Megapack project at Gigafactory Texas in order to complement its...

electrek.co

That's what happen when you set up in the third world.

 

[CyberGus]

That's what happen when you set up in the third world.

dont mess w/tx

 

[mspohr]

dont mess w/tx

I have no intention of ever going to Texas. Happy to leave them alone. Elon looks like he is adjusting to third world conditions.

 

[CyberGus]

I have no intention of ever going to Texas. Happy to leave them alone. Elon looks like he is adjusting to third world conditions.

Hey, that guy cuts his own hair because he wants to

 

[SummerlinChiro]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1506449468996009988

 

[nwdiver]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1506449468996009988

That's why I listen more to physicists than environmentalists. They also happen to agree ~99.9% of the time. 'Weird'. It's almost like the concerns of environmentalists are based on falsifiable empirical evidence not religious dogma

Sadly.... the same cannot be said for opponents of 'environmentalism'... their conclusions are almost entirely based on religious dogma.

 

[eevee-fan]

Almost like... LOL

 

[eevee-fan]

Houston Chronicle : Gov. Greg Abbott touts renewable energy in speech to US business leaders.

Gov. Greg Abbott touts renewable energy in speech to U.S. business leaders

Abbott said Texas can continue to have fossil fuels and also be a leader in renewable...

www.houstonchronicle.com

 

[Merrill]

I cannot read this but Abbott has been bought by the fossil fuel industry in Texas so he is trying to walk both side of the fence.

 

[Brando]

The Ice Ages began 2.4 million years ago and lasted until 11,500 years ago. During this time, the earth's climate repeatedly changed between very cold periods, during which glaciers covered large parts of the world, and very warm periods during which many of the glaciers melted.

Earth about 4.5 billion years old. Just look at the Ice Age [2.4 million years] and explain the ups & down of temperature [note: sea level changes]
And try to think of what caused these rapid changes. Seems we have almost no idea how climate changes/works.

Pollution obviously bad.

 

[nwdiver]

Seems we have almost no idea how climate changes/works.

We have a pretty good idea of how climate changes/works. There are a lot of different variables but it's fairly basic when you boil it down. More incoming energy or less outgoing energy and the planet warms. We've discovered the probable cause for most climate shifts the Earth has seen.

 

[JRP3]

Earth about 4.5 billion years old. Just look at the Ice Age [2.4 million years] and explain the ups & down of temperature [note: sea level changes]
And try to think of what caused these rapid changes. Seems we have almost no idea how climate changes/works.

Does this suggest anything to you?

 

[DrLOAC]

Do you have your own storage tank for NG or is it piped in? I ask because I thought part of the problem last year was not enough NG available.

Sorry just saw this. It’s piped in. Loss of NG is a concern but during the freeze the direction from the powers that be were residential use would be the last customer cut off from NG.


Apparently stopping residential NG is highly dangerous. Pilot lights go out and residential users don’t check them when the gas comes back on. This dramatically increases the risks of homeowners going BOOM.