(02-16-2021, 09:06 AM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(02-16-2021, 09:00 AM)SeldomRite Wrote: It's certainly interesting that while renewable output kept going while non renewable sources crapped the bed, instead of focusing on how to get more reliable and plentiful renewables there's a lot of hand waving around how unviable renewable energy sources are.

The wind turbines did not freeze up?

My point being that in its current state, renewables cannot begin to satisfy total energy demands.

I wouldn't doubt some turbines did have issues related to the weather, but clearly, as there are turbines in places where the kind of weather texas is currently experiencing is the norm, it's not that the weather has to cause them to malfunction.

As for your point about viability of renewables, it may be correct given current tech, but it really has nothing to do with the bizarre focus of discussion we're having now. Blaming the situation in Texas on wind turbines is like blaming James Robinson for the Jaguars record in 2020 because he couldn't carry the team when everything around him was falling apart.

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