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    Texas folks?

    Let’s say you have a 100 MW load, you would need say 125MW of generation to handle it in a conventional fleet. Now the same 100 MW load with wind and solar added in you would need the following. 25 MW of solar/wind and 120 MW of conventional power So now just a simple cost per MW comparison...
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    Texas folks?

    The biggest part you’re missing is the capacity factor. CF is the equivalent amount of time the unit is running at 100% capacity. For example a 100 megawatt unit running at 25% would take 4 hours to produce the same amount of power it could in one hour running at 100% output therefore it’s CF...
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    Texas folks?

    What are they generating or heating with the geothermal?
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    Texas folks?

    There’s really no developing wind or solar. The panels and wind turbines may be improved a few percent but that’s really meaningless to the overall situation we’re in The issue is the existing system is mostly incompatible with wind/solar and how it operates. If I really wanted to go green and...
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    Texas folks?

    Yea we have a few like that but most of our conventional fleet are chasing load 24/7/365 and it’s hard on them. Starting/stopping motors thermocycling the boiler and piping. It takes a toll
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    Texas folks?

    How apples and oranges?
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    Texas folks?

    Renewables are not new, they were never pursue to any extent because they were cost prohibitive and still are without Government subsidy.
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    Texas folks?

    I agree, but, give me one example where there not expecting this to happen in the next 10 years or less adding additional load with electric cars and not costing a lot lot more. Just to add a meaningful amount of electric cars the electric system will have to double in capacity. Just wrap your...
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    Texas folks?

    A good sunny day in the spring time with the wind blowing, your renewables are maxed out and your Conventional units or sitting on the bottom where they are most inefficient. Evening time comes and the wind dies and the sun goes down now the conventional units have to ramp up to meet load. About...
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    Texas folks?

    Imagine There is a huge trailer and to pull it you have 100 trucks hooked to it. The road is flat and all 100 trucks are pulling and let’s say there all at 50% throttle. Now there’s a hill coming up, when you get to the hill everyone goes to 60% throttle to handle the increasing load. Half way...
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    Texas folks?

    There in lies the problem. Turn up the gas, turn up the coal and nukes then when it’s nice turn them back down. Base generation was designed to do just that, be base not peaking units. So now your having to maintain two generation fleets, your reliable base units and your wind/ solar units AND...
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    Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

    On the back the console hangs over a couple inches. On the right side under the overhang you will feel a small piece of flat metal about 1 inch wide. It will move up and down when you open the lid. Just put something under it to hold it up and that’s all it takes. It’s really made so a service...
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    Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

    And with a small piece of cardboard and 30 seconds later you can open the door and it will not shut down, even on spin cycle 😉
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    Car Batteries -- Looking for some Hider info!

    Diesel truck, batteries getting weak with colder weather. Took it to battery warehouse got 2 new ones. 2 days later they will barely start the truck. Back to BW, they test them and one is totally bad and the other shows weak. They test 5 batteries from a pallet of batteries they just got in and...
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    Cajun boys, have a seat. I’ve got questions

    Yep for store bought savoies is good and look where it’s from. The honey pot of real food and not the stuff tamed down for tourists.
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    Cajun boys, have a seat. I’ve got questions

    Yea, youall sure got the cream of the crop from New Orleans after Katrina 🤣
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    Cajun boys, have a seat. I’ve got questions

    Eating leftovers now from yesterday
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    Cajun boys, have a seat. I’ve got questions

    In gumbo, smoked, bbq’ed, on bread, jambalaya, duck and turnips, rabbit gravy, used as stuffing for duck, turkey, goose, pork chops, puldo gizzards and the list is endless. Oh and Louisiana hot sauce not tobasco.
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    Cajun boys, have a seat. I’ve got questions

    If you get anything from the Mamou, Ville Platte, Eunice, Church Point areas, you can’t go wrong. https://www.tboysboudin.com/
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    Cajun boys, have a seat. I’ve got questions

    MADE IN HOUSTON TEXAS!!!!!!!!!! get the rope
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