Press Secretary Psaki: Biden Administration Sending Emergency Diesel Generators to Texas

Ask the folks who are freezing in Texas…

Ultimately they will decide if the benefits outweigh the costs.

Failure to plan is deadly. Putting money into unreliable forms of energy can be deadly.

Haven’t we been told that global warming causes _more_ cold weather events like this? So maybe it won’t be every 20-50 years, but every decade.
It’s so hard keeping up with the catastrophes that global warming will cause.

Well, the globe could be slipping into a cooling phase such as happened during the period from 1940 to 1980 where the temperatures dropped about 2.0C during that time span.

So, we might be getting more colder weather in the future. Which is not good for unreliable power generation.

AOC would think you were making perfect sense.

I saw a good cartoon today titled “Green New Freeze

https://www.wnd.com/2021/02/green-new-freeze/

The only thing I would have changed if I were the cartoonists, is I would have made the person inside the block of ice resemble AOC. 🙂

Their mandate was to find “Human-caused” climate change.

And they claim they have found it. That way they can keep their mandate going. If they said they couldn’t find any, then they would be out of a job. So that’s not going to happen. Not in a bureaucracy.

Well, they did have to get rid of the Medieval Warm Period and the LIA … “adjust” the raw data, cool the past and warm the present and adulterate the entire data set to accomplish it, but you’re right. They “found it” all right. Those clever little dickens.

Now they’re working on eliminating the Holocene Thermal Optimum so they can have a hockey stick with a handle going back 10 millennia.

Bingo, plus the only natural gas failure was it could not increase as much as hoped while wind failed. Look at coal and natural gas load following hapless wind and helpless solar.

The unreliable energy in Texas is the distribution of natural gas in cold weather because they did it on the cheap, didn’t want to spend the money on upgrading the system to handle the cold. Also didn’t want to ‘waste’ money on setting up an adequate reserve!

Tx had enough power generation before renewables were added. Then, someone thought those renewables were reliable enough to enable shutting down coal plants.
NG plants never were thought to be enough to stand alone.

Natural gas did well in this crisis. Wind and solar was useless.Bidrn wants to shut natural gas down.

What’s the difference between now and the last 100 years in Texas, its not the first time Texas has frozen? Simple the misguide self delusional belief in renewables, and no matter how many times it fails the belief will grow.
Progressives time and time again complain about something, spend money to fix the “problem”: and then the “problem” gets worse, then they spend more money to fix it and so on for ever. it always gets worse, they always blame someone else and just keep on down the path of self delusion, that’s why progressivism/ socialism is a religion its based on a belief not evidence and that’s why 100s of millions have died at its alter.

This was all recognized in 2011 when the same thing happened. The final report recommended winterization of all the nat gas infrastructure.

Guess what? The Democrat Greenies populating the ERCOT Board of Directors ignored the recommendation and instead spent their capital on the installation of *more* wind turbines. If they had winterized the nat gas infrastructure instead, TX would be sitting pretty right now. Each and every one of the ERCOT BOD should be forced to resign in disgrace and be replaced with engineers that actually understand reliability!

You totally ignore the fact that gas was never designed as base load capable. It was always reserved for peaking capacity. In other words not operating at peak loads for any length of time.

You don’t really expect to get a literate answer do you? I suspect what you will find is that it was *not* the gas freezing that caused the problems but ancillary equipment such as valves that were frozen shut by accumulated ice.

Suggest you read my post with EIA data by energy source and change in output on a multiday basis. Tell me where it’s off.

Is it not also true (I read it somewhere) that the solar panels must shut down if there is no power on the grid? If so, then they are all freezing in the dark like everyone else, even if the sun was shining. And I think you are being generous on the capacity of the PowerWall, but I’ll happily plead ignorance on that.

Also, the home generators that come on automatically when the electric power goes down, use the home’s natural gas supply.

There are no guarantees except that wind and solar will never be reliable, whereas gas will be reliable 99% of the time. That is until the current administration continues to mess with the fossil fuel companies.

Criminal.

Elect a democrat and … nobody bears any responsibility (see cuomo as example)

My guess is that Cuomo did not kill Beths grandparents or parents or anyone else that Beth cares about. (big picture though, Beth has developed her world view by not really caring bout anyone more that she cares about hating the other side)

When problems occur when a Republican is in charge, it’s proof that Republicans can’t govern.
When problems occur when a Democrat is in charge, it’s still proof that Republicans can’t govern.

One person died during the 2019 California outages as a result of the loss of power. Death toll in Texas is now over a dozen.

It wasn’t below freezing during the CA power outages.
Are you really as stupid as your posts make you sound?

Proof that cold kills far more than warmth. Warmer is better, as is reliable energy. Far more were killed in California by wildfires started by a severely compromised power grid, not the one designed by engineers, but one forced into place by green policies. Cold kills, and when it does, greens have blood on their hands.

“Death toll in Texas is now over a dozen.”

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ALL down to the dumbocrats running Erco choosing to WASTE MONEY on unreliable wind and solar rather than on making the grid resilient to all types of weather.

People should be SACKED over this, and proper Engineers put in charge, ones who will not cow-tow to the anti-science of the AGW agenda.

Unlike Texas the California commissioners have to be confirmed by their Senate.

CA is a one party state and has been for decades.
That’s why if it weren’t for illegal immigration, the state would be losing population. Most of which are heading to Texas.

And turning it into California.

http://www.thelancet-press.com/embargo/CommissionHealthTrump.pdf

Obvious Trump Derangement Syndrome.

How many articles has the lancet been forced to retract because they let their progressive politics interfere so far?

Irrelevant

So the fact that the Lancet has no credibility left is irrelevant?

“Irrelevant”.

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Yes, your comments and the Lancet propaganda-puke-piece are totally IRRELEVANT to reality, common decency and honesty.

Show us where Trump order Covid patients into old people’s homes, bettie !

You are an EMPTY sock, as always . !

All of the “key messages” are a load of socialist CRAP-TALK.

It was the DEMOCRATS that politicized Covid-19 It was their main tool from the word go

Trump did NOTHING to hasten global warming, again a far-left anti-science opinion based on failed conjectures

All the other statement are also based solely on ultra-left ideology.

This Lancet piece of ULTRA-LEFT/SOCIALIST propaganda puke should be flushed down the nearest porcelain receptacle forthwith.

If she has any, it will be to an editorialist somewhere whining about how evil Republicans are.

Hello Mr. Stalker

As near as I can tell, miss bethan defines a stalker as anyone who responds to her posts on an open forum.
Yes, she is that dumb.

You reply to ALL of my posts….

irrelevant

All of your posts are totally moronic and need to be corrected.

Stop being such a “victim”, its PATHETIC.

Poor little cry-baby, constantly yapping mindlessly, the having a victimisation tantrum when people tell it to get a brain and stop its whimpering.

Mark, when was the last time you had a person show up at your house and call you a stalker?

(and, the sad part … It really would like to have Its’ own personal stalker so It can feel important)

This blog is not MarkW’s “house”

It’s not yours either.

Thank you for helping me straighten out Mr. DomM

bethy on a good day !!!

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bethy on a bad day !!!

In a sense it is, when comparing his presence here with yours. Mark’s postings here are mostly informative and helpful, while you just come here with no thoughts of your own at all, just propaganda and disruptions.

I’ve also been posting here for years.

You make moronic comment, don’t expect them to be left standing

Now STOP YOUR PATHETIC WHINGING !!

My reply was to Mark.

Leave me alone, quit bothering me you silly stalker.

Notice how bethan has once again changed the subject.
More proof that even she knows she is lying.

I didn’t change the subject Mr. Stalker

You don’t have a stalker. The sad poor recesses of your mind may fantasize about it … but you don’t have one.

(mebbe it isn’t even the sad poor cobwebbed recesses; mebbe it is outright daydreaming oboot such attention, for lack of any other attention?)

Anyone who publicly posts their email address so much is definitely seeking attention.

“definitely seeking attention.”

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Its street-corner style attention-seeking as well !!

My guess is that it wants you to email it so it can compile a list of ‘undesirables’ that it can then attempt to harm.

The first attempt at changing the subject failed, so she tries again.

“What exactly did Trump do wrong?”
Be quicker to list what he did right.

Best economy in 50 years, lowest unemployment in 50 years.
Ending foreign wars. Peace in the middle east.
The list goes on and on, but like most progressives, you prefer to concentrate on imaginary flaws.

The economy grew much more and faster in the 1950’s than during Trump’s administration (the fact you dodge with your 50-year qualification) . Trump left office with three million less people working than when he started. The wars in Syria, Libya and Yemen continue.

He set a record for the most lies told by a president ever.

He was impeached twice.

Senator McConnell was right.

I saw a poll of Republicans today and Trump had a 75 percent approval rating, and Mitch McConnell had an approval rating of 15 percent.

Mitch should have kept his mouth shut.

Why? Isn’t doing the right thing more important than being popular.

You are assuming things not in evidence when you say McConnell was doing the right thing.

McConnell’s motives are suspect. His aim may not be to do the right thing at all.

Criticizing Trump may not be the right thing.

We’ll see after all the investigations are over whether Mitch has a real bitch or is playing politics.

I saw the latest Politico poll today and Trump’s approval rating is up about 18 percent from their last poll to 81 percent approval by Republicans.

I bet Politico didn’t like that outcome.

More Americans died from the Trump virus than died in World War 2

The Trump virus? Has your last functioning brain cell finally shorted out?
So much hatred, so little intelligence. The perfect progressive.

Not true.

US total deaths (not just KIA) from WW II were about 419,000 in total.

US Covid deaths recorded by January 20th were about 416,000, fewer, not more, and the Flu seems to have been eradicated. Deaths from auto accidents are way down, as are every category of non-medical mortality encountered in normal life, except drug overdose and suicide. A 20 year old male is ten times more likely to die in a car accident than from Covid. But what is your point? Heart Disease kills about 660,000. Every year.

Here’s an interesting statistic:
Since March 16th, the week when total US Covid deaths first topped 100, total cases first topped 5,000, and new cases first topped 1,000 in a day, there have been an average of 1,342 deaths per day during the Trump Administration, and 2,983 deaths per day in the Biden Administration, despite the masks and the entirety of the non-existent “Plan” he ran on. Hmmm. The Biden virus is twice as deadly.

You mean the Wuhan virus, don’t you?

Wasn’t Trumps virus..

You are living in your own pathetic little FANTASY attention seeking victim-land as always,

You poor jealous, hateful anti-fact leftist flotsam

“More Americans died from the Trump virus than died in World War 2”

As far as I know, the Trump Derangement Syndrom virus is not fatal, although it may drive some people insane.

The 50’s were good because during the 40’s, the Allies and the Axis powers bombed most of the civilized world back to the stone age.
The US was supplying the goods that the rest of the world was using to rebuild. A unique situation that isn’t likely to repeat.
Are you really as ignorant as your posts make you seem.
The losses were due to the economic restrictions that Democrat governors forced on their populations.

I see you still buy into the claim that any statement a progressive disagrees with is a lie.

Nutty Nancy, using proven lies, got a bunch of hyper partisan Democrats to vote for impeachment. Big deal.

“The 50’s were good because during the 40’s, the Allies and the Axis powers bombed most of the civilized world back to the stone age.”

Good point. Some people forget that.

Maybe they were never taught that in the first place, considering the destructive state of our socialist education system today.

“The wars in Syria, Libya and Yemen continue.”

That has nothing to do with Trump. Trump was not involved in Libya, that was Hillary’s war, and Trump’s involvement with Yemen was to supply Saudi Arabia with the means to fight off the Yemeni, Iranian-backed rebels. Traitor Biden reversed this policy recently, in keeping with his favoring of the terrorist nation, Iran, over U.S. allies in the Middle East.

And after Trump destroyed the Caliphate in Syria and Iraq, he brought the troops home. Mission accomplished! Don’t be surprised if the Caliphate comes back from the dead. Now that Biden is in Office, the terrorists will think they have a free pass, like they did the last time, Biden and Obama were in Office.

“He set a record for the most lies told by a president ever.”

Well, that depends on who you ask. I would say that Trump’s statements were the most distorted statements by a Leftwing Media ever. If you listen to the Leftwing Media, you will never know what Trump actually said.

“He was impeached twice.”

Only because the Democrats feel free to abuse their political power. Trump was acquitted twice, and there has never been any evidence presented against him that has stuck.

If the Republicans won control of the House of Representatives in 2022, then if they were as ruthless and immoral as the Democrats, they could set about the impeachment of both President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. And since they have the majority of votes, they could pass the impeachment.

Would you offer the fact that they were impeached as evidence of their guilt? I doubt it. You would say it is purely political. And that’s what I say about the two impeachments of Trump.

Nancy Pelosi ought to be the one to be impeached. She has abused her power at every turn, and is the worst kind of politician and the most dangerous kind of politician because she has no morals. Power is her God and she goes after it with everything she has and morality does not figure into her plans. We need to retire her in 2022. I would prefer jailing her, but retirement would do.

“He was impeached twice.”

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by a bunch of RABID LEFTISTS WHO COULDN’T ABIDE HIS SUCCESS

They LIED and CORRUPTED and FABRICATED the whole load of JUNK they failed to impeach with.

There was NEVER ANY EVIDENCE and they knew it.

You were talking about covid.

Good one there Simon

bethy finaly gets the low-life boyfriend it is so desperate to find.

So slimy cannot post one thing

Didn’t think so.

Since winters don’t exist any more what’s the problem

That’s not the only set of regulations that impact power generation.

ROFLMAO.

As you say. “not subject to federal regulation.”

Gees you are the DUMBEST AGW stooge yet !!

Your comments remain totally irrelevant