MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Wed Feb-02-11 12:46 PMhttp://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x330929
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I just want to thank Rick Perry and all Texas Republicans for the rolling blackouts today.
16 degrees here and Texas power companies have been ordered to begin rotating power outages.
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/02/01/2815725/dfw-sto...
That utility deregulation is really working out for us all, isn't it?
onehandle (1000+ posts) Wed Feb-02-11 12:49 PM
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1. Centralized power is Socialism. Build your own power plant, hippie! nt
KamaAina (1000+ posts) Wed Feb-02-11 01:12 PM
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14. Same reason California had them under Ahh-nuld
naked corporate greed.
Wasn't the Dem Governor before Arnold recalled because of rolling blackouts?He was and California's utility industry WAS heavily regulated for everything EXCEPT producing power.
If you haven't slapped the DUmmie a few times that you're trying to explain this to,you not going to have any luck....slapping does no good but at least you have their attention for a few seconds.
Don't forget slapping them is fun, too.
Don't forget slapping them is fun, too.
...and a great stress reliever. Just doesn't last long enough.
That's why you've got to keep doing it!
...and a great stress reliever. Just doesn't last long enough.
Edweird (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-02-11 01:34 PM
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19. What does Rick Perry have to do with this? You want to help stop it? Turn off your electric heat.
That's what's causing this.
Capnjack (2 posts) Wed Feb-02-11 02:55 PM
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27. EPA Standards
Actually, its due to EPA standards on air quality that don't allow extra generators to be run.
Has nothing to due with deregulation.
MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Wed Feb-02-11 03:03 PM
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29. TXU just assumed that it could continue to build coal power plants and had no plan...
Edited on Wed Feb-02-11 03:08 PM by MilesColtrane
to replace them when they were shot down.
Real regulation and planning by the PUC could have averted the obvious coming showdown between power generating companies and people who want to breathe clean air.
Instead, Rick Perry got personally involved in ram-rodding those dirty coal plants, fast-tracking the permits and declaring "we're not going to let these bureaucrats jerk us around."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x330929
Government still regulates the electric industries and prevents new plants from being built.
Wasn't the Dem Governor before Arnold recalled because of rolling blackouts?
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Wed Feb-02-11 03:03 PM
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29. TXU just assumed that it could continue to build coal power plants and had no plan...
Edited on Wed Feb-02-11 03:08 PM by MilesColtrane
to replace them when they were shot down.
Real regulation and planning by the PUC could have averted the obvious coming showdown between power generating companies and people who want to breathe clean air.
Instead, Rick Perry got personally involved in ram-rodding those dirty coal plants, fast-tracking the permits and declaring "we're not going to let these bureaucrats jerk us around."
Wasn't the Dem Governor before Arnold recalled because of rolling blackouts?
It's about control, you blithering twit.
Texas has achieved a 22% reduction in ozone and a 46% reduction in nitrous oxide emissions, compared to only 27% (NOx) for the rest of the country. There are no grandfathered facilities, even though the CAA allows them.
Al Armendariz, the regional EPA director, won't say the air would be cleaner under his preferred regulations. He does however admit that he doesn't understand the system and it's too hard for him to police.
The EPA never had a problem with Texas' system- until 2010.
We have 200 of these nearby, enough energy for 54,000 homes. But all of it goes to San Antonio.
(http://www.kristv.com/images/thumbnails/8DB26A6C934CEAF1C5D00B6DDF415900_250_250.jpg)
So that works out to 270 homes for each windmill. That means that we only need 560,000 of them to assure unreliability for all of Americas homes.
So that works out to 270 homes for each windmill. That means that we only need 560,000 of them to assure unreliability for all of Americas homes.270 homes per windmill, when the wind is blowing, and when the windmill isn't shut down, at several times the cost of normally generated power.