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Re:Texas was minutes away from months-long power outages, of... by ChrisLomont on Thursday February 18, 2021 @05:08PM (#26186368)
>an someone explain how "demand > supply" leads to things (apparently literally) blowing up?

Imagine hitting your car accelerator to the floor in neutral - things blow up when spun too fast.

This was what was going to happen to parts of the grid, and then the now higher per unit demand would blow another item, etc...

They had to disconnect things so this didn't happen.

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Re:Texas was minutes away from months-long power outages, of... by mschaef on Thursday February 18, 2021 @05:22PM (#26186571)
> Imagine hitting your car accelerator to the floor in neutral - things blow up when spun too fast.

The problem here is the opposite - put your car in top gear, drive up a steep hill, and watch the thing lag and lag behind as it tries to keep up with a load its unable to support.

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