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Re:EU experts to say nuclear power qualifies for green inves... by why_Mr_Anderson on Saturday March 27, 2021 @03:42PM (#26604956)
Ok, i'll bite. You know nothing about the operational details of power grid infrastructure in Texas and what lead to the problems encountered.

Here is a good video explaining what happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08mwXICY4JM

Just FYI, Grady from Practical Engineering channel who made the video is a civil engineer. I also recommend his entire series about power grid (well, actually all his videos are great). )

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Re:EU experts to say nuclear power qualifies for green inves... by rrss on Saturday March 27, 2021 @04:09PM (#26605189)
How is that video inconsistent with j-pb's comment?

The video describes what happened, and summarizes the cause as:

> Basically, the entire system was ill-prepared for a storm of this magnitude.

The video addresses only what happened, and (intentionally) does not address why it happened - why the system was ill-prepared. but it's absolutely true that there are "renewables running in far worse weather conditions" (and natural gas). all of these systems can be winterized.

j-pb thinks that the system was unprepared due to "capitalism and greed," which IMO is not an unreasonable idea. Why do you think the various Texas organizations basically ignored the FERC/NERC recommendations for cold weather preparedness from 2011?

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