Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Climate models are wrong. Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 08:34:17 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 66 Message-ID: References: <61fd7c93-15b9-abc0-7c98-065a570208b1@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2025 17:34:17 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0219751437e3daf36fe3f5179edf8eca"; logging-data="906869"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19XjUjJeg5Ji9w/lbQnqSkH" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:azob1Fx+gPZo+ZdTF2ysY/Zw0BQ= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US On 3/1/2025 9:00 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote: > On 3/1/2025 10:24 PM, William Hyde 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. >> >> William Hyde > > Most of the hydroelectric dams in Texas run less than 20% capacity > factor per year.  We do not get enough rain in Texas to keep them > running at full power for very long.  The biggest dam in Texas that I > know of is the dam north of Sherman, Texas on the Red River, two 40 MW > turbines. > I remember that the Hoover Dam in the US considers water users, mostly farmers, as their "customers". Generating electricity is just a little bonus. -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.