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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Climate models are wrong. Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 14:14:31 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: <vq1p47$t1k$1@reader1.panix.com> References: <61fd7c93-15b9-abc0-7c98-065a570208b1@example.net> <vpvp48$camf$1@dont-email.me> <vpvrai$chfd$1@dont-email.me> <vq0mjl$kq3f$1@dont-email.me> Injection-Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 14:14:31 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="29748"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 3258 Lines: 56 In article <vq0mjl$kq3f$1@dont-email.me>, William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote: >Lynn McGuire wrote: >> On 3/1/2025 2:01 PM, William Hyde wrote: >> ... >>>> BTW, Texas, the King of the so-called renewables, will not allow more >>>> than 30% of the so-called renewables in the electric generation mix >>>> for ERCOT. Above 30% is the loss of control region for ERCOT. >>> >>> Well, in the first place the expertise of Texas power regulators is >>> open to question. >>> >>> But even if the upper limit for them is in fact 30%, that's a lot. >>> Throw in some nuclear power and the greenhouse emissions from >>> electrical generation are dramatically reduced. >>> >>> I live in a promise where on any given day at most 10% of the >>> generation comes from fossil fuels, the rest being Hydro, Nuclear, and >>> to a much lesser extent wind and solar. >>> >>> William Hyde >> >> Right now at this moment, Texas is using electric power from: >> 1. Solar: 23,469 MW >> 2. Wind: 2,272 MW >> 3. Hydro: 0 MW >> 4. Batteries: 237 MW >> 5. Other: 0 MW >> 6. Natural Gas: 11,480 MW >> 7. Coal: 5,278 MW >> 8. Nuclear: 5,107 MW >> ========================= >> Total: 47,843 MW >> >> I think that I was wrong about the max of the so-called renewables. The >> max of 30% may just apply to wind power since the wind power ebbs and >> flows with the wind. When cold fronts come through Texas, the wind >> turbines will actually go to zero power as they rotate the wind turbines >> to face the wind, not a very quick process. > >That sounds more reasonable, and directly contradicts Christy. > >I know that LBJ was first elected to congress so that he could obtain >legal permissions to carry on with a flood control/hydro power dam that >had been begun illegally. I guess that if it's still around, that dam >is not contributing 0.5%. > >By the way, I live in a province, not a promise. Maybe it's a promising >province. So they have been saying my entire life, anyway. Well, they're promising four more years of Ford, anyway. -- My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/ My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/ My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll