Texas is noted for having major electrical grid problems. A few years ago people died from the power going off in large areas during the freeze of winter.

I think we can agree that the electrical grid in general needs more renovation and expansion - electric cars or not. Just the population growth alone creates a never ending issue.

So the govmut tells people to use less power and mandates LED light bulbs and buy more efficient AC units - and people cry.
They incentivise wind and solar - and people cry.
So we should spend more on the grid? People cry about that too.



But - if all the companies upgraded their grids tomorrow it would work. Can't be done - takes years - a never ending process.

It is estimated that the earliest the US could go all EV is 2050 - 25 years from now. Prolly more like 40 years from now.

For what it is worth, the first wave of EV adoption (say the next 5-10 years) will be predominantly people who charge at home overnight - off hours - off peak.

Brewha wrote:

Everyone still here? Anyone in Canada yet?

HockeyDad wrote:

Seven Illinois counties voted to explore seceding from Chicago/Cook County and forming a new state — along with twenty-one other Illinois counties that voted to do the same in the 2020 and 2022 elections.

If they follow through, will the Illinois governor follow Lincoln’s example and bomb the seceding counties day and night, set fire to their cities and towns, loot and destroy private homes, look the other way while armies commit gang rape and murder civilians? Or would he be more like the last head of the Communist party in the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, and let them go in peace?

https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/the-secession-movement-in-the-land-of-lincoln/ [/color]

They incentivize wind power and people die. That’s why people died in Texas. We have the production and grid capacity for such events but the board that oversees the majority of the grid refused to put more production in standby because we had all of those windmills. People died.

jeebling wrote:

That sounds like a line of crap. The natural gas power stations froze up in the extreme cold because ERCOT did not require them to be sufficiently cold hardened. I live in Texas - wind power was not the issued. There has since been a major move to upgrade the NG stations.

But of course, countless bald eagles are strewn about the land scape here in Texas for the solar panels….

Brewha wrote:

That sounds like a line of crap. The natural gas power stations froze up in the extreme cold because ERCOT did not require them to be sufficiently cold hardened. I live in Texas - wind power was not the issued. There has since been a major move to upgrade the NG stations.

But of course, countless bald eagles are strewn about the land scape here in Texas for the solar panels….

Brewha wrote:

Texas is getting colder because of global warming.

HockeyDad wrote:

Former D.C. Metropolitan police officer Michael Fanone is not handling President-Elect Donald Trump’s resounding victory Tuesday night very well.

According to a sympathetic Washington Post report Thursday, the notorious J6 celebrity cop is holed up in the Blue Ridge Mountains, chugging beers, and preparing for a potential shootout with the Trump agents he believes are coming for him.

“Better f—ing arm yourselves,” Fanone told WaPo reporter Kara Voght, as he slammed down his fifth or sixth Sapporo.

“I didn’t vote for that motherf—er,” he added, “and I fought tooth and nail to prevent this day from f—ing coming.”

Fanone, 44, has indeed been extremely vocal about his experiences at the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, and the injuries he allegedly suffered.

MORE...

https://amgreatness.com/2024/11/07/former-dc-officer-fanone-hunkers-down-in-the-blue-ridge-mountains-fully-expects-shootout-with-trump-agents/ 

Alot of celebrities have threatened to leave the United States if Donald Trump became president again. Few of them have actually come through on their promise, though.

Ellen DeGeneres is not one of them. The longtime comedian and television show host has reportedly left the country, along with her wife, Portia de Rossi. The couple has reportedly decided to leave the United States after Trump topped Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

TMZ reported on Wednesday that Ellen and Portia decided to leave the country, moving overseas.

Ellen and her actor wife were reportedly feeling "very disillusioned" with Trump's win over Harris.

They reportedly decided to "get the hell out" of the United States as a result.

MORE...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/ellen-degeneres-makes-decision-on-living-in-us-after-trumps-win/ar-AA1uthK1 

The LGBTQ rainbow mafia just wants to be left alone. They just want to get married like everyone else. All they're looking for is a little tolerance.

And if you don't declare an entire month to celebrate their sexual lifestyle, well then you have to pay.

Literally.

It's honestly shocking that they'd expect a town named "Emo" to be decked out in rainbow flags.

But their real crime was refusing to declare a Pride Month in 2020, the year wokeness peaked.

The Ontario's Human Rights Tribunal (an Orwellian sounding group if there ever was one) believes that LGBT people have the human right to a whole month celebrating their sex lives, and if a tiny town doesn't agree they have to pay a fine to an LGBT rights group and extort their mayor to pay half.

MORE...

https://notthebee.com/article/ontario-human-rights-tribunal-forces-small-town-to-pay-10k-to-lgbt-group-because-they-didnt-declare-june-pride-month-mayor-owes-5k-from-his-own-pocket/ 

Bye bye Ellen Degenerate…

JGKAMIN wrote: