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Zeke Hausfather
hausfath
There has been a lot of confusion over the drivers of the Texas blackouts. While more will become clear in the coming days, neither renewables nor insufficient gas capacity were
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Love2Live844
Live2Love844
Putting pieces together ...- MAGA (dissolve corporation and monetary system)- EO 13484- 1871 (the corporation of the US)- 11.3-.7 (Constitution)- NG sworn into as Marshals through the 24th- EO signed
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JPR007
jpr007
GRID INERTIA : AND WHY IT MATTERS IN A RENEWABLE WORLDIn an electrical grid system the rotational energy contained in generators and motors at power stations acts as a buffer
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Greenpeace USA
greenpeaceusa
Texans are suffering through a polar vortex without power — let down by the same fossil fuel corporations responsible for the climate crisis. An unprepared, non-resilient system has left millions
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MAREQ17
MAREQ171
Blackouts in Vatican, Berlin and France - Pakistan went dark yesterdayAnon theory: Blackouts arent against us, its us breaking the DS comms by blacking THEM outhttps://twitter.com/niyinzigamiye/status/1348154654069284864 Do we have people
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Ed Ireson
EdIreson
It seems like @austinenergy could be communicating a lot better about what’s going on. From what I gather:- @ERCOT_ISO doesn’t have enough power for the state. Lots of generation methods
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Michael Shellenberger
ShellenbergerMD
California- is imposing black-outs for a 2nd time in a year- saw electric prices rise 6x more than rest of US, 2011 - 2019- is shutting down last nuclear plant
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MJTruth- 0000
MJTruth2
1. Think Logical Thread. There are a lot of sad faces out there. I thought you Trusted POTUS & our Military?This, if anything, should be ALL you need to see.
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sarah zedig! 🍉🐐
hmsnofun
this is the company that manages the vast majority of texas's energy load saying "unplug your stand mixers" as if that's why poor neighborhoods have been without power for almost
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Matt Flener KMBC
MattFlenerKMBC
THREAD: If you're wondering -- here is a map of the @SPPorg service area. Southwest Power Pool is the organization that asked for "controlled interruptions" or rolling blackouts of much
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Senator Melissa Melendez
senatormelendez
California’s energy demands cannot be met with 100% solar energy. California makes enough solar power for 7.8 M homes. That’s not enough for every home, much less businesses. That solar
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Val Jester Locke
Neloangelo314
Think about a market collapse for a minute. If you're not fully grasping this, go to August 1929 and study up. Millionaires went to bed and woke up broke. Fast
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Drew Smithee, PE
DrewSmithee
Energy Twitter has struck a nerv. Apparently a lot of you experts don't know basic terms. I hope this is a short thread but I'll add to it if I
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Forrest Wilder
Forrest4Trees
ERCOT for sure has a lot of blame to bear for this crisis, but the fundamental feature of Texas's power grid is deregulation. We went further and faster than any
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Nickolas Means
nmeans
Don’t let @GovAbbott shift blame to ERCOT. Their communication has been bad, and their winter worst-case scenario predictions weren’t nearly dire enough, but they also saved us from a much
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🐐QuirkyLlama😾🎩
quirkyllama
If you want to know why CA had rolling blackouts yesterday- this graph explains it. The problem is renewables/solar.At 7PM when demand was within a few % of daily peak,
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