Pretty sure that Hardloper and I disagree 90% of the time.
You're too stupid to have noticed that? . . . weird . . .
75% of your list isn't Hardloper...
It's not my job to be nice to you. I find you abhorrent.
I'm not interested in you "being nice". Indeed, I couldn't possibly care less.
In fact, if I found the nastiest, most ignorant, most childish and stupidest person on LRC (that would be you) agreeing with me or "being nice" to me, I would probably find it disturbing.
It's not my job to be nice to you. I find you abhorrent.
I'm not interested in you "being nice". Indeed, I couldn't possibly care less.
In fact, if I found the nastiest, most ignorant, most childish and stupidest person on LRC (that would be you) agreeing with me or "being nice" to me, I would probably find it disturbing.
Now run along child. You are dismissed.
You seem very interested in me being nice to you... otherwise you wouldn't be typing furiously through your tears every time I hurt your little feelings.
The administration's #1 agenda is climate change. If people starve because they can't afford food, if it causes inflation in every sector of the economy, if it creates military conflicts in other areas of the globe, so be it. They dismiss inflation concerns and praise the climate transition it will cause, even if the infrastructure can't support it. Take a look at the anticipated electric generation shortfalls coming to a state near you this summer because they retired coal and gas fired plants in favor of wind and solar with no real plan to make up for the shortfalls in generation when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing.
Power generation is handled by the private sector and not the government. It's heavily regulated, but ultimately it is up to the free market to provide enough capacity.
This is especially true in Texas, which by far has the least regulation and the least reliable grid.
In most industrialized nations, power generation and distribution is handled by the government and they have a LOT less outages. Outages are extremely rare. But in the US, we have outages all the time and it has tremendous ill effects on our economy.
I'm not interested in you "being nice". Indeed, I couldn't possibly care less.
In fact, if I found the nastiest, most ignorant, most childish and stupidest person on LRC (that would be you) agreeing with me or "being nice" to me, I would probably find it disturbing.
Now run along child. You are dismissed.
You seem very interested in me being nice to you... otherwise you wouldn't be typing furiously through your tears every time I hurt your little feelings.
The administration's #1 agenda is climate change. If people starve because they can't afford food, if it causes inflation in every sector of the economy, if it creates military conflicts in other areas of the globe, so be it. They dismiss inflation concerns and praise the climate transition it will cause, even if the infrastructure can't support it. Take a look at the anticipated electric generation shortfalls coming to a state near you this summer because they retired coal and gas fired plants in favor of wind and solar with no real plan to make up for the shortfalls in generation when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing.
Power generation is handled by the private sector and not the government. It's heavily regulated, but ultimately it is up to the free market to provide enough capacity.
This is especially true in Texas, which by far has the least regulation and the least reliable grid.
In most industrialized nations, power generation and distribution is handled by the government and they have a LOT less outages. Outages are extremely rare. But in the US, we have outages all the time and it has tremendous ill effects on our economy.
Why do you just say things without having any idea what you're talking about??
In 2018, 19% of California’s electricity came from rooftop and utility-scale solar installations, the highest percentage in the nation. But by 6:30 p.m. each day, that solar output approaches zero.
The administration's #1 agenda is climate change. If people starve because they can't afford food, if it causes inflation in every sector of the economy, if it creates military conflicts in other areas of the globe, so be it. They dismiss inflation concerns and praise the climate transition it will cause, even if the infrastructure can't support it. Take a look at the anticipated electric generation shortfalls coming to a state near you this summer because they retired coal and gas fired plants in favor of wind and solar with no real plan to make up for the shortfalls in generation when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing.
Power generation is handled by the private sector and not the government. It's heavily regulated, but ultimately it is up to the free market to provide enough capacity.
This is especially true in Texas, which by far has the least regulation and the least reliable grid.
In most industrialized nations, power generation and distribution is handled by the government and they have a LOT less outages. Outages are extremely rare. But in the US, we have outages all the time and it has tremendous ill effects on our economy.
You have no clue. The feds have their fingers all over power generation in this country from setting emissions standards via the EPA to administering and marketing federal hydropower via the BPA, WAPA, SEPA and SWPA. Obama era EPA regulations essentially made coal power unviable, which is why they have been retiring coal plants all over this country. Environmental groups make the argument that solar and wind are cheaper to build per Watt, which they are, but that comes with a big provision: they only produce power for about 5 hours per day and the production is highly intermittent. In order to provide a viable load shape, you pretty much have to combine it with a gas turbine plant (or energy storage via pump back hydro, compressed air or the financial pipe dream of batteries). Realistically, the grid can only handle about 20% wind and solar in its portfolio, but a lot of places are trying to push that even higher (like Texas, who got hit with the reality a while back).
The grid is pretty much handled by state governments and the integrity of the grid is the responsibility of independent system operators. Unfortunately, a lot of state utility regulators in liberal states have been staffed with underqualified political appointees with no background in electrical utilities who have been listening to the renewable groups whispering in their ears. As a result, this summer will have rolling blackouts all over this country as we look at capacity shortfalls all over the place.
have to say I have a fairly strong political stomach, but Adult has turned this place into a sewer with his bitter anger and low-quality repetitive insults. The guy spends his entire day looking at right wing memes and then reposting here. No thinking, no brains, just stenography.
Gary at least has fun with his nasty and is smart, behind the mean. Adult is simply sadistic and unpleasantly angry. Who needs to read that sh/t?
I'll be around less but will check in to see if the place has lightened up, I hope by Adult's banning or other absence.
Cheers. Congrats, Adult. You have wrecked something that used to be pretty fun. ETTD.
See y'all a lot less (but still some) -
Agip
Completely agree. Thought about writing something similar to this, especially after Real Obvi's "I've had enough" note from a day or two ago (....I think that I've said similar things in the past....and then backslid; but I think that we might be at a new low).
And while it's true that Gary and Sally (and Carmine and a few others) may be at least slightly less unlikable than pseudo-adult, from a discussion/argument standpoint they're not really any better.
Not too long ago, I saw this thread as perhaps somewhat informative, as it kept me in touch with how Trumpers view the world, without having to stomach FoxNews, or whatever. But the "price" for that is watching - and often times being being dumb enough to actively participate in - ENDLESS round-and-round exchanges that go absolutely nowhere. Kinda embarrassing to spend one's time that way, really. Oh well.
you are...grim. Just unrelentingly grim. Take a note from Gary - he gets to tell all the same lies and be equally seditionist and anti-democratic and be full of fight, but he has fun with it. You just...you just....are grim. Not a great thing. People don't like grim.
I get more upvotes than you do on average...
Perhaps your complete lack of self awareness is the problem here.
The venom you get from me is just a reflection.
Yeah, agip, he claims he gets more up votes than you (no reason to believe it's true given it's source), but.....so, on a thread frequented by about 13 people, he MIGHT have 7 that agree more with him. How's THAT for proof that one's arguments are better?! He's got you there!
Oh, to everyone: If you've graduated from HS and even NOTICE, much less care about, "voting"....they really shouldn't have let you out of HS.
This does push me a bit more towards "pimply bitter adolescent in the basement" over "wrinkly bitter retiree at a mediocre retirement community in the Florida panhandle."
have to say I have a fairly strong political stomach, but Adult has turned this place into a sewer with his bitter anger and low-quality repetitive insults. The guy spends his entire day looking at right wing memes and then reposting here. No thinking, no brains, just stenography.
Gary at least has fun with his nasty and is smart, behind the mean. Adult is simply sadistic and unpleasantly angry. Who needs to read that sh/t?
I'll be around less but will check in to see if the place has lightened up, I hope by Adult's banning or other absence.
Cheers. Congrats, Adult. You have wrecked something that used to be pretty fun. ETTD.
See y'all a lot less (but still some) -
Agip
Completely agree. Thought about writing something similar to this, especially after Real Obvi's "I've had enough" note from a day or two ago (....I think that I've said similar things in the past....and then backslid; but I think that we might be at a new low).
And while it's true that Gary and Sally (and Carmine and a few others) may be at least slightly less unlikable than pseudo-adult, from a discussion/argument standpoint they're not really any better.
Not too long ago, I saw this thread as perhaps somewhat informative, as it kept me in touch with how Trumpers view the world, without having to stomach FoxNews, or whatever. But the "price" for that is watching - and often times being being dumb enough to actively participate in - ENDLESS round-and-round exchanges that go absolutely nowhere. Kinda embarrassing to spend one's time that way, really. Oh well.
You're a "conservative" who "can't stomach" the single network in the entire media that isn't directly contrary to conservative views... LOL!
You're either lying about being a conservative or you aren't bright enough to understand what the term means.
Perhaps your complete lack of self awareness is the problem here.
The venom you get from me is just a reflection.
Yeah, agip, he claims he gets more up votes than you (no reason to believe it's true given it's source), but.....so, on a thread frequented by about 13 people, he MIGHT have 7 that agree more with him. How's THAT for proof that one's arguments are better?! He's got you there!
Oh, to everyone: If you've graduated from HS and even NOTICE, much less care about, "voting"....they really shouldn't have let you out of HS.
This does push me a bit more towards "pimply bitter adolescent in the basement" over "wrinkly bitter retiree at a mediocre retirement community in the Florida panhandle."
When someone argues that no one likes a person and everyone wants them to leave it is relevant that that person gets more upvotes than the person making the argument no matter how many votes are involved.
There's TENS OF MILLIONS of people who disagree with you on just about everything and they come in all ages and colors little fella. Deal with it.
Power generation is handled by the private sector and not the government. It's heavily regulated, but ultimately it is up to the free market to provide enough capacity.
This is especially true in Texas, which by far has the least regulation and the least reliable grid.
In most industrialized nations, power generation and distribution is handled by the government and they have a LOT less outages. Outages are extremely rare. But in the US, we have outages all the time and it has tremendous ill effects on our economy.
Why do you just say things without having any idea what you're talking about??
California has the worst power grid in the country and it isn't even close.
Outages are not "extremely rare" even in Western Europe compared to the US. They are lower but not by all that much.
Your data is really old. Even so, it only counts number of outages and ignores downtime per customer. California is the largest state, so naturally, it would have the most total outages.
If you look at up to date lists that include average downtime per customer, you find that Texas is among the worst and California doesn't even make the list.
Texas had a power failure just last year that affected more than 4.5 million homes. It resulted in at least 57 deaths and over $195 billion in property damage And it wasn't the first time an outage like that occurred. That makes under-regulated Texas by far the worst grid.
I'm right about the US compared to other industrialized nations.
California has the worst power grid in the country and it isn't even close.
Outages are not "extremely rare" even in Western Europe compared to the US. They are lower but not by all that much.
Your data is really old. Even so, it only counts number of outages and ignores downtime per customer. California is the largest state, so naturally, it would have the most total outages.
If you look at up to date lists that include average downtime per customer, you find that Texas is among the worst and California doesn't even make the list.
Texas had a power failure just last year that affected more than 4.5 million homes. It resulted in at least 57 deaths and over $195 billion in property damage And it wasn't the first time an outage like that occurred. That makes under-regulated Texas by far the worst grid.
I'm right about the US compared to other industrialized nations.
It's not "really old" it's from a 10 year period between 2007 and 2018.
California only has 30% more population than Texas. That doesn't explain why California had almost 400% per power outages.
Texas is also 70% larger than California by land area which means it has much more infrastructure to maintain.
Texas had a bad year in 2021. California has a bad year every year.
You aren't right about the US compared to other industrialized nations. You said outages were "extremely rare" outside of the US. They are not. Power outages in Italy don't make CNN because no one in the US cares not because they aren't happening...
They have less than we do for sure. It really helps when you can completely ignore your own national defense for 60 years and let the US babysit you. Imagine how nice US infrastructure would be if we hadn't wasted TRILLIONS keeping the Russians out of Europe.
Power generation is handled by the private sector and not the government. It's heavily regulated, but ultimately it is up to the free market to provide enough capacity.
This is especially true in Texas, which by far has the least regulation and the least reliable grid.
In most industrialized nations, power generation and distribution is handled by the government and they have a LOT less outages. Outages are extremely rare. But in the US, we have outages all the time and it has tremendous ill effects on our economy.
You have no clue. The feds have their fingers all over power generation in this country from setting emissions standards via the EPA to administering and marketing federal hydropower via the BPA, WAPA, SEPA and SWPA. Obama era EPA regulations essentially made coal power unviable, which is why they have been retiring coal plants all over this country. Environmental groups make the argument that solar and wind are cheaper to build per Watt, which they are, but that comes with a big provision: they only produce power for about 5 hours per day and the production is highly intermittent. In order to provide a viable load shape, you pretty much have to combine it with a gas turbine plant (or energy storage via pump back hydro, compressed air or the financial pipe dream of batteries). Realistically, the grid can only handle about 20% wind and solar in its portfolio, but a lot of places are trying to push that even higher (like Texas, who got hit with the reality a while back).
The grid is pretty much handled by state governments and the integrity of the grid is the responsibility of independent system operators. Unfortunately, a lot of state utility regulators in liberal states have been staffed with underqualified political appointees with no background in electrical utilities who have been listening to the renewable groups whispering in their ears. As a result, this summer will have rolling blackouts all over this country as we look at capacity shortfalls all over the place.
Coal is dead because it is too expensive regardless of regulation. Trump ended the Obama energy regulations and still not one single coal plant was built during the Trump administration. And many were shut down during his administration as well.
Trump said he would save the coal industry. He didn't.
It's true that solar and wind are intermittent and sometimes need to be supplemented with storage solutions. In some areas, this can be done with pumped hydro. In others, large lithium battery packs can be used. These are emerging technologies that are extremely cost effective. That's why so much wind and solar is being deployed in the US and throughout the world.
The US grid is in bad shape because it is maintained by private entities that have no incentive to modernize. In nations where the grid is owned and operated by the government, they have far better reliability.
Your data is really old. Even so, it only counts number of outages and ignores downtime per customer. California is the largest state, so naturally, it would have the most total outages.
If you look at up to date lists that include average downtime per customer, you find that Texas is among the worst and California doesn't even make the list.
Texas had a power failure just last year that affected more than 4.5 million homes. It resulted in at least 57 deaths and over $195 billion in property damage And it wasn't the first time an outage like that occurred. That makes under-regulated Texas by far the worst grid.
I'm right about the US compared to other industrialized nations.
It's not "really old" it's from a 10 year period between 2007 and 2018.
California only has 30% more population than Texas. That doesn't explain why California had almost 400% per power outages.
Texas is also 70% larger than California by land area which means it has much more infrastructure to maintain.
Texas had a bad year in 2021. California has a bad year every year.
You aren't right about the US compared to other industrialized nations. You said outages were "extremely rare" outside of the US. They are not. Power outages in Italy don't make CNN because no one in the US cares not because they aren't happening...
They have less than we do for sure. It really helps when you can completely ignore your own national defense for 60 years and let the US babysit you. Imagine how nice US infrastructure would be if we hadn't wasted TRILLIONS keeping the Russians out of Europe.
Texas didn't just have a bad year. Texas had a monumental failure caused by radical deregulation.
It's not "really old" it's from a 10 year period between 2007 and 2018.
California only has 30% more population than Texas. That doesn't explain why California had almost 400% per power outages.
Texas is also 70% larger than California by land area which means it has much more infrastructure to maintain.
Texas had a bad year in 2021. California has a bad year every year.
You aren't right about the US compared to other industrialized nations. You said outages were "extremely rare" outside of the US. They are not. Power outages in Italy don't make CNN because no one in the US cares not because they aren't happening...
They have less than we do for sure. It really helps when you can completely ignore your own national defense for 60 years and let the US babysit you. Imagine how nice US infrastructure would be if we hadn't wasted TRILLIONS keeping the Russians out of Europe.
Texas didn't just have a bad year. Texas had a monumental failure caused by radical deregulation.
It was caused by weather.
Perhaps leftist morons telling everyone that the earth will be so hot it will unfit for humanity in 10 years led Texas to believe the worst winter storms in state history were unlikely...
Texas also has an average of over 130 tornadoes every year. Meanwhile, California has perfect weather every day and it STILL can't keep the lights on.
Pretend California is red and Texas is blue and revisit the facts. I'm sure you opinion will flip 180 degrees. You get so wrapped up in rooting for your team that you lose touch with reality.
