The Energy Thread

[Moliere]

Just build more windmills. It’s working for Europe

[Uncle Ted]

33% chance that Lake Powell (Glen Canyon Dam) won't be generating power in 2023... Due to drought.

There's a 1-in-3 chance Lake Powell won't be able to generate hydropower in 2023 due to drought conditions, new study says

The falling water levels at Lake Powell, the second-largest man-made reservoir in the US, could make the dam's hydroelectric power generation impossible as soon as next year, according to new projections released Wednesday by the US Bureau of Reclamation.

The new modeling shows a 3% chance that Lake Powell, which is located on the Colorado River from northern Arizona to southern Utah, could drop below the minimum level needed to allow the lake's Glen Canyon Dam to generate hydroelectricity next year.

In 2023, the chance of a shutdown grows to 34%, according to the projection.

When running at full capacity, the dam produces power that is distributed to some 5.8 million homes and businesses spanning from Nebraska to Nevada.
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/23/weath...ook/index.html

The Glen Canyon power plant produces around 4,717 gigawatt hours (GWh) per year. That is like enough power for a half million homes. To replace the Glen Canyon power plant with solar it would require over 16,000 acres of panels.

[Uncle Ted]

While Texas focuses on colder winters they may also want to get ready for, ya know, summer too.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbc...mp/ncna1270827

The problem is all these damn californians (and their teslas) that are moving here... Go charge you EVs somewhere else!

[Moliere]

While Texas focuses on colder winters they may also want to get ready for, ya know, summer too.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbc...mp/ncna1270827

Ha, yeah, it’s pretty clear the green energy boom in Texas is causing havoc on the grid. Wind energy has plummeted and not enough gas/coal to keep up with increased demand and decreased wind energy.


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[BigPiney]

It’s not FUBAR. There are things to be done to make sure this doesn’t happen again but I don’t think it’s as messed up as you claim. The focus of the power grid has always been hot summers and hurricanes. I think Texas is now realizing they need some additional focus on cold winter weather given the possibility of more extreme winter weather. I have confidence they will adapt and make regulatory changes that are necessary. The biggest change being more regulation (come on PUC!) of winterizing power plants and wind turbines.

But the real question is whether all that cost is even worth it. We don’t bury all transmission and distribution lines even though some of them always get knocked down in hurricanes. We don’t do that because the price tag is too high and people feel that going without power for a week is better than spending $7 billion to bury lines, not to mention the increased cost in servicing those lines.


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While Texas focuses on colder winters they may also want to get ready for, ya know, summer too.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbc...mp/ncna1270827

[Jeff Lebowski]

Yeah, no kidding...


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilbert

That was 24 years ago!

[Uncle Ted]

That's a low bar.

Yeah, no kidding...

Adams received the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award in 1997 and the Newspaper Comic Strip Award in the same year for his work on the strip.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilbert

[Jeff Lebowski]

The Babylon bee is funnier than Scott Adams

That's a low bar.

[Bo Diddley]

This article is funny: https://apple.news/ARHuTkDdTQ06A46nwlC4b7w

It’s like cnn wants to blame someone but they don’t know who to blame but they decided to run the article anyway.

This line is also funny: “About the only thing that hasn't been hurt by the hacking attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline? The company's market value.” I can’t figure out what they mean. I guess because it’s not a public company the stock price didn’t go down? Don’t reporters take remedial business classes?


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He's a senior writer!

[Moliere]

This article is funny: https://apple.news/ARHuTkDdTQ06A46nwlC4b7w

It’s like cnn wants to blame someone but they don’t know who to blame but they decided to run the article anyway.

This line is also funny: “About the only thing that hasn't been hurt by the hacking attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline? The company's market value.” I can’t figure out what they mean. I guess because it’s not a public company the stock price didn’t go down? Don’t reporters take remedial business classes?


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[Moliere]

The Babylon bee is funnier than Scott Adams


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[Uncle Ted]

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[old_gregg]

Lol. Seriously?

no fiber in silicon valley. imagine that.

[Jeff Lebowski]

You still had Comcast until a few years ago.

Lol. Seriously?

[falafel]

people still have gas powered cars?

You still had Comcast until a few years ago.