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  1. 02-15-2021, 08:15 PM #1
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    That's not what I said dingbat.

    Cheap plentiful energy helps provide a baseline (though is nuclear that cheap - that's another story).

    But during surging demand whether it be a heatwave, snowstorm, or commercials during a TV Pickup, or anything else like that can only work with surging supply. Nuclear is built for stability, it is not built for providing surges, it literally is meaningless and irrelevant for handling demand spikes only baseline.

    You could have nuclear provide 100% of your baseline and there'd be power cuts every single time there was a heatwave, cold weather, TV Pickup or any other phenomenon. But nuclear is incapable of handling that.

    PS Tim very posh. I won't get a Quooker partially for the price but also because despite the notion they're childsafe I wouldn't want to risk an accident.
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    I believe Lewk just trolled himself.

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    I love those things, they're amazing. Don't have one because they're quite expensive. Do they consume a lot of energy compared to a kettle?

    Still using a kettle like a peasant.. but recently upgraded to a kettle with temperature presets, so not just boiling water. Much nicer for green tea, I can recommend it (and a lot cheaper than a quooker). Allegedly also nice for stuff like babyfood, but that's not really for me at the moment

    I should say I'm slightly biased because I used to work for Philips and still have employee discount, which helped with the kettle
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  4. 02-16-2021, 11:12 AM #4
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    Thanks for the feedback. Still doubt I'll get one for a very long time (if ever) as I don't use the kettle that often. I prefer coffee over tea.

    Currently using pods as my old bean to cup coffee machine died. Getting a new bean to cup coffee machine would be a higher priority than a Quooker, but they're very expensive too.
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    Think we finally found a use for one of Lewk's threads.
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    It's actually the original French billion, which is bi-million, which is a million to the power of 2. We adopted the word, and then they changed it, presumably as revenge for Crecy and Agincourt, and then the treasonous Americans adopted the new French usage and spread it all over the world. And now we have to use it.

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    Amusingly it seems actually for February the wind turbines are producing as much electricity in Texas as would be expected for the month.

    It is the gas turbines that are struggling in the weather more. As heating has been whacked up across the state the gas network isn't coping.

    All those bloody green fossil fuel turbines ...
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  7. 02-17-2021, 07:23 AM #7
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    So now Texas's largest nuclear plant has had to stop working as it's frozen. Gas output is still low.

    Wind continues to produce it's expected amounts at least.

    Whoops. All looking pretty silly now. Especially the Texans deliberate policy of not having an interconnector with other states. Other states could have been able to help Texas out now if there were interconnectors working.

    Blackouts could continue for days or a month. Pretty much until the weather improves it seems.

    PS LOL Tim
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    I also just read that they are not connected to the rest of the US.. on purpose. Why?! Who thought that was a good idea?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flixy View Post
    I also just read that they are not connected to the rest of the US.. on purpose. Why?! Who thought that was a good idea?
    It's all a precursor for Texit.

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    It's actually the original French billion, which is bi-million, which is a million to the power of 2. We adopted the word, and then they changed it, presumably as revenge for Crecy and Agincourt, and then the treasonous Americans adopted the new French usage and spread it all over the world. And now we have to use it.

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  10. 02-17-2021, 11:50 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flixy View Post
    I also just read that they are not connected to the rest of the US.. on purpose. Why?! Who thought that was a good idea?
    Capitalism.

    The texas grid was deregulated and privatized, then removed from interconnected networks to avoid federal regulations, all to increase the wealth of a few individuals
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  11. 02-18-2021, 12:03 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flixy View Post
    I also just read that they are not connected to the rest of the US.. on purpose. Why?! Who thought that was a good idea?

    I believe the real intent was a protection racket for their domestic oil industry.
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    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
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    Solar fair enough. Though blame gas and nuclear too.

    Wind is working. What a numpty.
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    Creating their own grid for nationalist reasons doesn't sound like capitalism to me.
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    Capitalism != Corruption or Mercantilism.

    They're opposites in fact.
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  16. 02-17-2021, 03:55 PM #16
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    "In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
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    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-e...-idUSKBN2AF19A

    Real-time wholesale market prices on the power grid operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) were more than $9,000 per megawatt hour late Monday morning, compared with pre-storm prices of less than $50 per megawatt hour,

    Yay for deregulation!
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    So when do we start considering texas a failed state?

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...heat-patients/

    https://www.independent.co.uk/climat...-b1803193.html

    https://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-ac...-viral-1570118
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    Millions of Texans are without electricity, gas or water so what is their Senator's top priority?

    Lets jet off to Cancun!
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  20. 02-18-2021, 11:41 AM #20
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    Tweeting a tribute to rush limbaugh from Cancun while his constituents literally freeze to death is peak GOP.
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    Ted Cruz's family tried to get away from him on the way to Cancun, but, sadly, failed:

    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
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    "In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
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    And how will people boil their water exactly?
    Congratulations America
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hazir View Post
    And how will people boil their water exactly?
    By thinking outside the box:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aimless View Post
    By thinking outside the box:

    The weak will parish.

    Does this mean they get sent to church?

    Quote Originally Posted by Steely Glint View Post
    It's actually the original French billion, which is bi-million, which is a million to the power of 2. We adopted the word, and then they changed it, presumably as revenge for Crecy and Agincourt, and then the treasonous Americans adopted the new French usage and spread it all over the world. And now we have to use it.

    And that's Why I'm Voting Leave.
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    Flint & tinder, light a fire.
    Quote Originally Posted by Steely Glint View Post
    It's actually the original French billion, which is bi-million, which is a million to the power of 2. We adopted the word, and then they changed it, presumably as revenge for Crecy and Agincourt, and then the treasonous Americans adopted the new French usage and spread it all over the world. And now we have to use it.

    And that's Why I'm Voting Leave.
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    One report had a family down to burning their kids toys, another was stealing fencing.

    Both are extremely bad ideas.
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    "In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
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    https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/n...re/6786899002/

    "No one owes you are (sic) your family anything, nor is it the local government's responsibility to support you during trying times like this," Boyd said in his Tuesday morning post, which was obtained by the Abilene Reporter-News, part of the USA TODAY Network.

    “Only the strong will survive and the weak will parish (sic)," Boyd wrote.
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