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An amazing case study on truth depending on where you get your news from in 2020 (feat. Texas blackouts):
(1) Nearly half of Texas' wind power infrastructure has been offline because of frozen wind turbines, according to Texas grid operators. https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/02/14/historic-winter-storm-freezes-texas-wind-turbines-hampering-electric-generation/4483230001/
(1) Nearly half of Texas' wind power infrastructure has been offline because of frozen wind turbines, according to Texas grid operators. https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/02/14/historic-winter-storm-freezes-texas-wind-turbines-hampering-electric-generation/4483230001/
(2) Many conservative news outlets seize on this news and declare that green energy is unreliable and the source of Texas's blackout woes.
As Tucker Carlson notes, "Wind turbines froze so power failed" and "The Green New Deal has come to Texas" https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-texas-green-new-deal-climate-catastrophe
As Tucker Carlson notes, "Wind turbines froze so power failed" and "The Green New Deal has come to Texas" https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-texas-green-new-deal-climate-catastrophe
(3) Nuclear Energy Twitter-- which is not necessarily liberal or conservative-- has tweets go viral + is indignant about wind turbines being susceptible to freezing rain unlike the "more reliable" nuclear power https://twitter.com/NuclearBryan/status/1361402864254517248
(4) Liberal commentators point out that wind turbines are used in places like Antarctica, Scotland, etc. that are far, far colder and see much more precipitation than Texas right now, dismissing the "iced turbines" narrative as propaganda https://twitter.com/hasanthehun/status/1361713030132682754
(5) Bloomberg posts a clarification from the SAME GUY with the money quote from article (1) that while wind turbines are failing they're *not* the main factor for the blackouts: that's actually frozen instruments at gas, coal, and *nuclear* facilities.
(6) Narrative violation:
"Turbines can be equipped with packages that allow them to continue working in freezing temperatures. However the modifications are costly... and therefore seldom made in locations where they are unlikely to be needed." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/frozen-wind-turbines-texas-power-outages-b1802596.html
"Turbines can be equipped with packages that allow them to continue working in freezing temperatures. However the modifications are costly... and therefore seldom made in locations where they are unlikely to be needed." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/frozen-wind-turbines-texas-power-outages-b1802596.html
Depending on where you get your news from:
a) wind energy FAILS in cold temps, need more oil/gas
b) nuclear > oil/gas/wind
c) wind energy works fine, this is propaganda/incompetence
d) this has little to do with wind/oil/nuclear. everything failed! TX needs winterized infra.
a) wind energy FAILS in cold temps, need more oil/gas
b) nuclear > oil/gas/wind
c) wind energy works fine, this is propaganda/incompetence
d) this has little to do with wind/oil/nuclear. everything failed! TX needs winterized infra.
*2021, @jack edit button please!
