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PrecedentialAssassin t1_j8t82wb wrote

Reply to comment by o0joshua0o in Majority of Texans back shift to solar energy by Sorin61

I pay around 9 cents/kWh, Texas has among the lowest rates for electricity in the country, and produces by far the most renewable energy in the country. I've never experienced a rolling blackout, although many people have. The winter storm that everyone points to was a result of the worst arctic weather we've had in the past century. We're not built for extreme cold and it sucks that 57 people because of that. Kind of like how Oregon and Washington aren't built for the heat wave they endured in 2021 when several hundred people died.

We had another recent hard freeze and thanks to weatherization improvements to handle extreme cold and ERCOT making sure enough plants were online, we avoided any blackouts. There's plenty of stuff out there to shit on Texas about. If you want to shit on a state's power grid, shit on California because a mere 10 day stretch of 100 degree weather almost collapsed their entire power grid. If you want to shit on Texas, I'd go for our shit for brains governor, the abortion embarrassment, and, despite having one of the world's leading medical centers in Houston, our atrocious healthcare outcomes.

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ACCount82 t1_j8too04 wrote

California shitting on Texas power grid is like that pointing Spider-Man meme.

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HowMayIHempU t1_j8xfaqa wrote

As someone who genuinely hates most things about Texas (what you listed at the end). I think this is well said and really hits the point. Every state I’ve lived in has horrendous blackout when weather anomalies happen. The one thing I’ll say about the Texas grid is that I think it should be connected to the rest of the countries grid as it helps with fluctuations.

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o0joshua0o t1_j8vb28q wrote

I'd be happy to shit on any of the things you mentioned, friend.

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boringexplanation t1_j8tshjm wrote

The heat wave hit 110s to 120 on certain days. Doubt Texas ever had to handle that high for an extended time.

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xavis t1_j8u6fh9 wrote

We have before. Multiple times.

https://www.dfwweather.org/wxblog/?p=918#:~:text=Summer%202022%20came%20in%20as,July%2016th%20through%20August%205th.

(I await the mobile goalpost)

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boringexplanation t1_j8u80pb wrote

There’s a big difference between 110s and 100s. Maybe the mobile goalpost should be reading comprehension.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/weather-news/article265495881.html

Is it really that hard to understand peak demand scales up faster with every degree past the 100s. Certain people can limit ac use in the 100s. That number is way lower in the 110s. Your hottest days were our average summer day.

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xavis t1_j8u8h1n wrote

Yeah, i knew it.

Want a pissing match? Go to r/politics.

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