February 20, 20214 yr 11 hours ago, paco said: TBF, i know for a fact that Oncor has recently (as in, within the past 5 years) spent millions moderenizing their meter operations. Things like 5 minute interval readings (most companies do it in 15 minute chunks when they go AMI) and real time outage notification, on top of a lot of other cool bells and whistles, were baked into the project. This additional data is quite useful to stop catastrophic outages, as mentioned in that tweet and like the one in 2003, caused by overloading transmission lines. So while we debate how much money should have been spent winterizing, lets not pretend utilities are not reinvesting their profits. Oh, I pretended that? Funny, I thought I said something else.
February 20, 20214 yr OOoooh another scandal from the Biden White House!!! This is huge!!!! Put the tan suit in the closet folks!! Biden's 12 year old German shepherd is dirty and needs love and care.
February 20, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Toastrel said: Oh, I pretended that? Funny, I thought I said something else. This is my fault really. I knew it was a mistake engaging you during your little rant and try to add a tiny bit of perspective that I have gained in my 15+ years of consulting with utility companies given your, lets say simple, world view. I should not have expected a well thought out counterpoint from you to my objection to your "Collecting money is the only goal." comment. I'll try not to make the same mistake in the future.
February 20, 20214 yr 7 minutes ago, paco said: This is my fault really. I knew it was a mistake engaging you during your little rant and try to add a tiny bit of perspective that I have gained in my 15+ years of consulting with utility companies given your, lets say simple, world view. I should not have expected a well thought out counterpoint from you to my objection to your "Collecting money is the only goal." comment. I'll try not to make the same mistake in the future. Seems to be a recurring theme for this poster and at least one other poster that I can think of.
February 20, 20214 yr Ted Cruz is a total Scumbag. Using his children as a political tool is degusting.
February 20, 20214 yr Why wind turbines in New York keep working in bitter cold weather unlike the ones in Texashttps://www.syracuse.com/business/2021/02/why-wind-turbines-in-new-york-state-keep-working-in-bitter-cold-weather-unlike-the-ones-in-texas.html?fbclid=IwAR0HeaANLqsd8PzhHk8Gc58C8Z5zVhMQUOJTSmOeP2OwLyvNRbuCwyttsYQ"There are a variety of cold weather and anti-icing technologies that are used on wind turbines in the coldest regions,” she said. "These technologies help prevent the buildup of ice on turbine blades, detect ice when it cannot be prevented, and remove ice safely when it is detected.” The sensors can even tell which blades have ice on them and which ones don’t. When ice is detected, heating elements inside the blades turn on to melt the ice. "Turbines in Texas are built for the type of temperatures they usually get in Texas, where it’s 110 degrees, not 10 degrees,” she said. "It’s a cost thing.” And solar panels too, that work in -450 degrees F. GOP Science deniers are idiots.
February 20, 20214 yr 11 hours ago, EaglesRocker97 said: I enjoy the fact that I don't have to separate my genuine hatred for the Cowboys franchise from my personal hatred for their players and ownership. They do such an impressive job of being deplorable on both a corporate and human level that you car truly revel in a circular motion of loathing from the franchise and its players, all the way to the city and backward state they represent. It combines a football rivalry with regional and political enmities. Such all-encompassing revulsion acquires a kind of emotional inertia that makes for a remarkably effortless and self-sustaining form of hatred. It not only doesn't drain you, it actually invigorates and energizes you, emotionally and spiritually. It doesn't make you angry. It makes you lively and spirited; it sustains you. I live for few things with such joyful enthusiasm as I do for hating the Cowboys. This might be the best post in the history of the EMB. You Sir, are a G'damn poet.
February 20, 20214 yr 18 hours ago, Paul852 said: It's not so much that it's fake news as it is just "no big deal". I know it's hard, Toast, but you really need to keep up with the stupidity. It's essential. I dunno I think its a huge deal. Not as in something important to our daily lives, but as a career killer for Cruz. That is one awful image for him and I'm shocked he went through with it.
February 20, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, dawkins4prez said: I dunno I think its a huge deal. Not as in something important to our daily lives, but as a career killer for Cruz. That is one awful image for him and I'm shocked he went through with it. Oh, I completely agree. I was being sarcastic.
February 20, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, jsdarkstar said: Why wind turbines in New York keep working in bitter cold weather unlike the ones in Texashttps://www.syracuse.com/business/2021/02/why-wind-turbines-in-new-york-state-keep-working-in-bitter-cold-weather-unlike-the-ones-in-texas.html?fbclid=IwAR0HeaANLqsd8PzhHk8Gc58C8Z5zVhMQUOJTSmOeP2OwLyvNRbuCwyttsYQ"There are a variety of cold weather and anti-icing technologies that are used on wind turbines in the coldest regions,” she said. "These technologies help prevent the buildup of ice on turbine blades, detect ice when it cannot be prevented, and remove ice safely when it is detected.” The sensors can even tell which blades have ice on them and which ones don’t. When ice is detected, heating elements inside the blades turn on to melt the ice. "Turbines in Texas are built for the type of temperatures they usually get in Texas, where it’s 110 degrees, not 10 degrees,” she said. "It’s a cost thing.” And solar panels too, that work in -450 degrees F. GOP Science deniers are idiots. We should re-build all the bridges that connect PA and NJ in order to design them to the same seismic standards that bridges in California are designed to. If you don’t support this decision, you are a science denier.
February 20, 20214 yr https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30932247/indiana-pacers-myles-turner-turns-troll-attempt-texas-fundraiser Posting something cool and pleasant for a change.
February 20, 20214 yr 20 minutes ago, Phillyterp85 said: We should re-build all the bridges that connect PA and NJ in order to design them to the same seismic standards that bridges in California are designed to. If you don’t support this decision, you are a science denier. Btw I think the wind turbines died not just because of the cold but also just because the wind died at the very moment they needed them most
February 20, 20214 yr 7 minutes ago, Seventy_Yard_FG said: Btw I think the wind turbines died not just because of the cold but also just because the wind died at the very moment they needed them most But most didn't die. Wind turbine output was about 2/3 of maximum output during the storm. This idea that wind failed in this instance is a false narrative. A fantasy for right wingers to seize on, and distract from the outages elsewhere. An attempt to politicize the suffering of millions by falsely attributing it to renewables. You know, all the BS that the right always blames the left for doing.
February 20, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, dawkins4prez said: I dunno I think its a huge deal. Not as in something important to our daily lives, but as a career killer for Cruz. That is one awful image for him and I'm shocked he went through with it. In the grand scheme of things, there’s not much Cruz could actually do by being in Texas. That’s more of a statement on the uselessness of a US Senator as compared to a local official in a scenario like this. But optically it is a debacle. He should have known better. It is a horrible statement on his judgment. He will pay a huge political cost for it.
February 20, 20214 yr 32 minutes ago, Phillyterp85 said: We should re-build all the bridges that connect PA and NJ in order to design them to the same seismic standards that bridges in California are designed to. If you don’t support this decision, you are a science denier. That's fair to an extent. However, sustained cold temperatures in Texas are merely infrequent. At least three times since 1980 there have been significant periods of below freezing temperatures that crippled the power grid. There has not been a single earthquake that has caused structural damage to a pa-nj bridge in the last century, to my knowledge anyway. 5 minutes ago, vikas83 said: In the grand scheme of things, there’s not much Cruz could actually do by being in Texas. That’s more of a statement on the uselessness of a US Senator as compared to a local official in a scenario like this. But optically it is a debacle. He should have known better. It is a horrible statement on his judgment. He will pay a huge political cost for it. I agree except that last part. I've seen nothing from right wingers in my circle that indicate they give a crap. Maybe Texans think differently. I don't know.
February 20, 20214 yr Author Tbf, it was the same thing with Harvey although that was on a smaller scale. Folks in Texas knew the implications of a super-hurricane on low lying areas (like Houston) but did very little to prepare for disaster.
February 20, 20214 yr 37 minutes ago, M.C. said: Cali is actively trying to get a recall on Newsome to hold a special election so yeah not total silence On Friday evening — the witching hour for bad news — California Secretary of State Shirley Weber reported that 1,094,457 signatures had been received in the effort to recall Governor Gavin Newsom. Of those signatures 668,202 had been verified by local election officials, a process which must take place before they can be counted. About 140,000 additional signatures were found to be invalid. More than 296,000 signatures remain to be confirmed — or rejected — by election officials in the counties with which each signature corresponds. The recall effort needs at total of about 1.5 million valid signatures to trigger a special election, likely in November.
February 20, 20214 yr 58 minutes ago, vikas83 said: In the grand scheme of things, there’s not much Cruz could actually do by being in Texas. That’s more of a statement on the uselessness of a US Senator as compared to a local official in a scenario like this. But optically it is a debacle. He should have known better. It is a horrible statement on his judgment. He will pay a huge political cost for it. Except his colleagues have proven him wrong by organizing aid, getting people to check in on seniors. My sister lived in Texas for years and is getting people to donate to a charity there helping out. She is doing more for Texas than Ted Cruz.
February 20, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said: Cali is actively trying to get a recall on Newsome to hold a special election so yeah not total silence On Friday evening — the witching hour for bad news — California Secretary of State Shirley Weber reported that 1,094,457 signatures had been received in the effort to recall Governor Gavin Newsom. Of those signatures 668,202 had been verified by local election officials, a process which must take place before they can be counted. About 140,000 additional signatures were found to be invalid. More than 296,000 signatures remain to be confirmed — or rejected — by election officials in the counties with which each signature corresponds. The recall effort needs at total of about 1.5 million valid signatures to trigger a special election, likely in November.
February 21, 20214 yr On 2/19/2021 at 8:12 PM, paco said: TBF, i know for a fact that Oncor has recently (as in, within the past 5 years) spent millions moderenizing their meter operations. Things like 5 minute interval readings (most companies do it in 15 minute chunks when they go AMI) and real time outage notification, on top of a lot of other cool bells and whistles, were baked into the project. This additional data is quite useful to stop catastrophic outages, as mentioned in that tweet and like the one in 2003, caused by overloading transmission lines. So while we debate how much money should have been spent winterizing, lets not pretend utilities are not reinvesting their profits. Question for you, because our electric company has been swapping out meters for "smart meters" for two years now (and ours just occurred last month): Don't these things just improve their ability to bill accurately, spend less money on meter readers (I have been told they no longer require manual reading, but can connect from a distance), better data on people who may be bypassing the meters and/or damaging them, and ultimately improve profits by reducing expenses? How do they benefit the homeowner? Seems like it is all designed around profitability.
February 21, 20214 yr Ted Cruz is a crisis actor who also crosses the border to escape inhumane living conditions.
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