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With its grid overwhelmed by renewable energy, Texas is putting natural gas back in the game. The

Given the entrenched crony capitalists and special interests supporting wind and solar any shift in direction, even if necessary to protect health and safety, will be a tremendous lift.

The reality that the wind is not always blowing where it is needed, even over very large areas, is highlighted by the fact that wind power in Texas has been declining.

The recent storm did, however, once again underscore the dilemma Texas faces with its current mix of generation sources. 

Guest “When did The Babylon Bee take over The Grauniad?” by David Middleton I couldn’t make this sort of schist up, even if I was trying In the wake of…

In the meantime, just the possibility that EPA will enact such sweeping regulations will slow investment in new power generation that all U.S. power grids need.

From MasterResource By Ed Ireland “Much of the generation named by ERCOT as qualified under their latest RFP is generation units that were recently retired, many because they could not…

Until sufficient utility-scale battery storage is available, which is unlikely anytime soon due to the cost of current technologies, the ERCOT power grid and all others will require substantial natural gas generation capacity...

Fortunately Texas still has plenty of gas generation:

This has placed a great strain on the grid because neither of these generation sources can be counted on when needed.

“The dream of a solar and wind grid is collapsing very quickly as they are only profitable in a low penetration context.”

Without that gas power, Texas would have faced a catastrophe.

Wind and solar are cheaper to build, but not when you take into account the overbuild and storage to fully serve the grid. 

It is time for fundamental free-market, classical-liberal reform with electricity.”

Guest “Incredible Transition” my @$$!” by David Middleton Does he even know what the initials EIA stand for? He wouldn’t sound nearly so moronic if he occasionally checked with the…