Re:Small cities in America’s Mountain West are booming
by dredmorbius on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @02:08PM
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Electricity must be on 24/7/365.
Brief periodic outages may be acceptable.
Portions of Texas were without power for weeks. Because of predictable cold well within historical experience.
The market as designed per "prices will induce supply" failed. And no price incentive will create gigawatts of generating capacity in minutes to hours.
Just as nine women cannot make a baby in one month.
Some processes require time and/or advanced planning.
Brief periodic outages may be acceptable.
Portions of Texas were without power for weeks. Because of predictable cold well within historical experience.
The market as designed per "prices will induce supply" failed. And no price incentive will create gigawatts of generating capacity in minutes to hours.
Just as nine women cannot make a baby in one month.
Some processes require time and/or advanced planning.