The 2021 Texas Power Crisis Explained

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@French-Kiss24 3 ай бұрын

I was in real trouble during this crisis. I had almost no canned food, as I had planned to go shopping the next day. Once my apartment reached 40 degrees, I called my son. He drove down I-35 to rescue me. It had not been plowed and the road was ice. He did get me though. Since his home was near a school, he didn’t lose power. My apartment neighbors were not so lucky. The district sent fire trucks and school buses to the parking lot so that residents could get warm. This lasted a full week. Water pipes burst and many apartments were flooded. Quite a few people died in the state.

@younghurricane1995 Жыл бұрын

Tremendous failure within the power grid and failures to upgrade the systems.. so uncalled for!

@paulvmarks 2 жыл бұрын

What actually happened was that Texas made a massive bet on "renewables", on "Green" energy. That bet (over many years) has been a terrible failure. This video deliberately misses the point - the video is, therefore, political propaganda.

@americanhistorygeek1926 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul, Thank you for voicing your concerns, I always appreciate hearing feedback from viewers. In terms of the role of renewable energy on the Texas electric grid, I would recommend checking out this article published by NPR, detailing the role that renewable energy played in the crisis. Our intention was not to make this video political and I believe if you see some of the breakdowns of the outages, you will see that more natural gas and coal went offline than renewable energy. This crisis was caused by a lack of preparation and winterization of power infrastructure. I’ve linked the NPR article below if you’re interested in checking it out. Thanks! www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-winter-storms-2021/2021/02/18/968967137/no-the-blackouts-in-texas-werent-caused-by-renewables-heres-what-really-happened

@Artcurus 11 ай бұрын

@paulvmarks You might want to look into what the total amount of power from renewables is in Texas before making this comment. Texas receives 30% of it's total generational capacity from windmills alone. During the ice storm, they were still supplying about 15% of the total available load, actually outperforming the base line of what was expected. Hydro from Mansfield Dam partially saved Round Rock. The problems with the gas supply were traced to two specific natural gas compressors, one located in Crane County and one located in Crockett County. They both froze, and reduced the amount of available natural gas.

@paulvmarks 11 ай бұрын

@@Artcurus Not all the time - when the power was really needed that 30% was not there. That you cling to this ideology after it killed people in Texas, shows your extreme fanaticism.