Topic: The USA is sleepwalking into a future of blackouts

[patentlymn]

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2023/12/27/electricity-becoming-less-reliable-n601155

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2023/12/25/usa-power-grid-blackout-christmas-green-energy-nerc/
 The USA is sleepwalking into a future of blackouts

More gas powerplants needed or there's going to be trouble

https://twitter.com/AlphaNewsMN/status/1739724107405496727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1739724107405496727%7Ctwgr%5E17f2e56e65b8dfbfa67f20b228faee0cfdb03df7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhotair.com%2Fdavid-strom%2F2023%2F12%2F27%2Felectricity-becoming-less-reliable-n601155

Watchdog warns Minnesota’s electric grid at high risk of blackouts in near future

The report warns that a growing number of areas in North America face the risk of power outages, and the regional electric grid to which Minnesota belongs is one of the areas most at risk.

[Libertas]

No sh*t?  Only been banging warning bells for a couple decades...

I'm upping my bourbon intake now anyway so maybe I'll blackout first...

[patentlymn]

LMAO. I may beat you to blackout w vodka.
I don't like bourbon but being from WI I like brandy.

[Libertas]

I drink mostly straight, so good bourbon (single batch, single barrel), Scotch (single malt), Rum (prefer white, like Cane Run best but can be hard to find), brandy is OK think I have some laying around...and vodka (prefer Stoli)...

And winter is mostly liquor & wine (prosecco & chianti preferred) time of year...

Cheers!

[Libertas]

https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/ercot-issues-conservation-appeal-texans-polar-vortex-spark-record-breaking-demand

Coldest day so far today in these parts...not sure about Texas...but lets see if that sketchy grid down there holds up...

[patentlymn]

49 deg F now in Minneapolis area.

[Libertas]

Not here, but low 40's should be rolling in...I'll take the lower propane cost...

[ToddF]

My sump pump is in full spring mode as we just melted away a foot of very wet, heavy snow.  Nothing but 40s and 50s for the next week.

[Libertas]

Must have some clay in the dirt around the foundation, eh?  Been there before...not fun if pump has issues...