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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by dmurray on Monday February 15, 2021 @03:53AM (#26140613)
Methane can't realistically freeze in the pipes, but unrefined natural gas has plenty of impurities which can. Note they're talking about "pipelines and wells" freezing in a gas production context, not residential gas mains.
Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by namibj on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:36AM (#26140923)
Understandable. As long as it remains available, the price hike seems to incentivize operators to expend energy on manually thawing them. I'm assuming they could rig up makeshift natural gas burners/heat lamps to keep critical sections above freezing.
Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by sneak on Monday February 15, 2021 @06:03AM (#26141536)
I feel like this reads like the first 60 seconds of intro to one of those youtube disaster-recounting videos.
Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by genewitch on Monday February 15, 2021 @06:35AM (#26141743)
https://www.youtube.com/user/USCSB being one of said channels. I don't want to say in enjoy their videos due to the content, but for being so simple they convey a great deal of information in a way that few other media have done in decades.
Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by sneak on Monday February 15, 2021 @10:17AM (#26143476)
The one I was thinking of is https://youtube.com/c/FascinatingHorror - they aren't quite as in depth but cover a lot of different events.
Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by namibj on Monday February 15, 2021 @11:05AM (#26143969)
Thanks for the link.

And yes, my wording seemed weird, even to me.

Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by DavidPeiffer on Monday February 15, 2021 @08:35AM (#26142568)
I've definitely watched over 20 hours of their content. It's very well produced, very approachable and easy to understand. I'm pleasantly surprised at how good of a resource their videos are. I had lower expectations with them being part of the federal government.