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Topics => Weather, Climate, & Natural Disasters => Topic started by: patentlymn on December 27, 2023, 12:37:42 PM

Title: The USA is sleepwalking into a future of blackouts
Post by: patentlymn on December 27, 2023, 12:37:42 PM: https://hotair.com/david-strom/2023/12/27/electricity-becoming-less-reliable-n601155 (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/ (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 (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.
Title: Re: The USA is sleepwalking into a future of blackouts
Post by: Libertas on December 27, 2023, 01:52:16 PM: 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...
Title: Re: The USA is sleepwalking into a future of blackouts
Post by: patentlymn on December 27, 2023, 09:18:49 PM: LMAO. I may beat you to blackout w vodka.
I don't like bourbon but being from WI I like brandy.
Title: Re: The USA is sleepwalking into a future of blackouts
Post by: Libertas on December 28, 2023, 01:30:31 PM: 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!
Title: Re: The USA is sleepwalking into a future of blackouts
Post by: Libertas on January 15, 2024, 09:40:34 AM: https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/ercot-issues-conservation-appeal-texans-polar-vortex-spark-record-breaking-demand (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...
Title: Re: The USA is sleepwalking into a future of blackouts
Post by: patentlymn on January 29, 2024, 02:43:35 PM: 49 deg F now in Minneapolis area.
Title: Re: The USA is sleepwalking into a future of blackouts
Post by: Libertas on January 30, 2024, 09:19:38 AM: Not here, but low 40's should be rolling in...I'll take the lower propane cost...
Title: Re: The USA is sleepwalking into a future of blackouts
Post by: ToddF on January 30, 2024, 11:36:06 AM: 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.
Title: Re: The USA is sleepwalking into a future of blackouts
Post by: Libertas on January 30, 2024, 12:05:27 PM: Must have some clay in the dirt around the foundation, eh? Been there before...not fun if pump has issues...