Oh this pisses me off. As a Texan from what we have heard there are 2 main issues:
Electrical people were ordered to winterize a bunch of stuff after they had some issues a few years ago....... apparently, they never did it. So our natural gas lines have frozen and turbines have frozen, etc.
Too much reliance on "green" energy.... although if 1 had been taken care of, I don't think 2 would even matter.
It's also odd because some people we know have no power, other people like us have about 45 mins on an 45 minutes off, and some people haven't lost power once. So yeah, this was caused by people not following an order from our legislatures. I hope heads roll for it.
As a Texan, while that is part of the issue, we found out today that our legislatures ordered to electric people to winterize a bunch of stuff when we had some issues a few years ago. Turns out, they never did it! If this had been done, we probably wouldn't be having issues.
But I do agree that our power needs to be better diversified. More goal and nuclear.... and heck apparently the stupid Democrats even fight against natural gas. We have a HUGE amount of natural gas in Texas. It's just so stupid. I have about 15 mins left of power before it goes off again. Ugh! I hope heads roll for this.
Nuclear? WTF you gonna do with the waste? what you gonna do when the power does a Fukushima and backups don't work?? GE did us NO favors when their Mark 1s are aged badly and we are finding out what gamma rads do to structures after 40 years.. Much prefer Tesla energy sources...
Oh, but I have... I was redpilled about Fukushima in 2012 about how cost cutting measures were taken to lower the facility so pumps wouldn't have to be so big, that it was built over an underground river (which is now keeping the 3 corium cool) and a sea wall built too low to protect from a likely large EQ-the backup gens were placed below ground level and when they flooded from the tsunami, the plant and the planet were doomed... Subduction is the ONLY solution..
The amount of energy you can get out of nuclear power is insane. I had a chemistry teacher in high school that was very pro nuclear energy. He said while it was true that the waste would not break down for a very long term, you get a ton of energy out of a very small amount of waste. And we can dump the waste in the middle of the desert somewhere. Or fly it into space. I don't really care. Humans only inhabit less than 10% of the earth. I'm sure we can find somewhere to put it lol
But to be clear, I like the idea of diversifying energy. We shouldn't put all of our eggs in any one energy basket. So coal, natural gas, nuclear, wind, solar, etc. should all be used.
Fukushima was/is a warning-when shit happens with nuke energy it affects the world.. There are no safe spaces to store the 1,000s of ton of waste because to get it from point A to storage means rail or highway-shit happens even worse there..
Sounds an awful lot like 50s dream machine adverts for nuclear energy.. You are sadly behind any and all reality regarding nuclear water boiler reactors. The fuel rods have only so much reactive power before they need changed and then they need to be cooled down for quite some time. the water gets enriched in tritium and cannot be purified, the fuel rod waste needs to be stored on site until there is a national repository established for depleted uranium products. There is no truly safe transportation method.
The most important factor is the huge amount of gamma radiation affecting the containment infrastructure. It acts as a slow reduction of molecular adhesion in iron and concrete and many reactors are operating way beyond their lifespans and it shows up in serious cracking in concrete and steel components.
Nuclear is also a national security risk. There have been terrorist plots to fly a plane into a nuclear power plant or something else to make one go red. Clean coal and natural gas are not that bad for the environment.
AOC is so "in the dark" about electrical engineering, she once mistook a light bulb for an "idea"....
AOC is so "in the pocket" of London Bankers she once thought the Green New Deal was a way to launder greenbacks.
Oh wait...
Oh come on man, we all know the Green New Deal is about growing money on trees...
I say it all the time but this may be the one time it couldn't be more true. That's the stupidest shit I've ever heard.
Umm... How fucking stupid is she???
A rock has a higher IQ than this "bartender."
Stupid enough to get elected and re-elected in her district.
That speaks volumes of either A: the intelligence of her constituency. Or B: The value of purchasing "election insurance"...
I might as well throw in C: A combination of both A and B....
When it comes to reelections, Dominion rules... just enough...don't wanna bring in the fraud squad, now do we???
AOC trying to stay relevant
Oh this pisses me off. As a Texan from what we have heard there are 2 main issues:
Electrical people were ordered to winterize a bunch of stuff after they had some issues a few years ago....... apparently, they never did it. So our natural gas lines have frozen and turbines have frozen, etc.
Too much reliance on "green" energy.... although if 1 had been taken care of, I don't think 2 would even matter.
It's also odd because some people we know have no power, other people like us have about 45 mins on an 45 minutes off, and some people haven't lost power once. So yeah, this was caused by people not following an order from our legislatures. I hope heads roll for it.
AOC is a fucking retard
Another big brain comment from the joke that is aoc.
As a Texan, while that is part of the issue, we found out today that our legislatures ordered to electric people to winterize a bunch of stuff when we had some issues a few years ago. Turns out, they never did it! If this had been done, we probably wouldn't be having issues.
But I do agree that our power needs to be better diversified. More goal and nuclear.... and heck apparently the stupid Democrats even fight against natural gas. We have a HUGE amount of natural gas in Texas. It's just so stupid. I have about 15 mins left of power before it goes off again. Ugh! I hope heads roll for this.
Nuclear? WTF you gonna do with the waste? what you gonna do when the power does a Fukushima and backups don't work?? GE did us NO favors when their Mark 1s are aged badly and we are finding out what gamma rads do to structures after 40 years.. Much prefer Tesla energy sources...
You need to do some research on this subject.
Oh, but I have... I was redpilled about Fukushima in 2012 about how cost cutting measures were taken to lower the facility so pumps wouldn't have to be so big, that it was built over an underground river (which is now keeping the 3 corium cool) and a sea wall built too low to protect from a likely large EQ-the backup gens were placed below ground level and when they flooded from the tsunami, the plant and the planet were doomed... Subduction is the ONLY solution..
The amount of energy you can get out of nuclear power is insane. I had a chemistry teacher in high school that was very pro nuclear energy. He said while it was true that the waste would not break down for a very long term, you get a ton of energy out of a very small amount of waste. And we can dump the waste in the middle of the desert somewhere. Or fly it into space. I don't really care. Humans only inhabit less than 10% of the earth. I'm sure we can find somewhere to put it lol
But to be clear, I like the idea of diversifying energy. We shouldn't put all of our eggs in any one energy basket. So coal, natural gas, nuclear, wind, solar, etc. should all be used.
Fukushima was/is a warning-when shit happens with nuke energy it affects the world.. There are no safe spaces to store the 1,000s of ton of waste because to get it from point A to storage means rail or highway-shit happens even worse there..
Fukushima was a tsunami, gtfo with your bs
YES, it WAS a tsunami, I was just pointing out GE cheating the customer and the weaknesses of the facility WERE overwhelmed by the TSUNAMI...
You know nuclear produces almost no waste? It actually heats up water. Which even that itself can then be recycled.
Sounds an awful lot like 50s dream machine adverts for nuclear energy.. You are sadly behind any and all reality regarding nuclear water boiler reactors. The fuel rods have only so much reactive power before they need changed and then they need to be cooled down for quite some time. the water gets enriched in tritium and cannot be purified, the fuel rod waste needs to be stored on site until there is a national repository established for depleted uranium products. There is no truly safe transportation method. The most important factor is the huge amount of gamma radiation affecting the containment infrastructure. It acts as a slow reduction of molecular adhesion in iron and concrete and many reactors are operating way beyond their lifespans and it shows up in serious cracking in concrete and steel components.
Nuclear is also a national security risk. There have been terrorist plots to fly a plane into a nuclear power plant or something else to make one go red. Clean coal and natural gas are not that bad for the environment.
So, by that logic, tall buildings are a national security risk, too? No buildings over three stories. Got it.
Yup. I'm all about diversifying. Do everything. We should never be too reliant on any one form of energy.
As a gift that keeps giving , perhaps we can wire her up to the grid and put this free source of hot air to better use.
Brain candle?
I am really sick of people trying to slap Texas when the think we are down.
Remember, to her the constitution is an old piece of paper.
thats satire