Texas's system has had problems like this before. I think the applicable saying is "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."
IMO, the most awesome aspect of this time of change in the power grid is the rising availability of options to go off grid. Solar + battery is near competitive now. If you factor in the true cost of grid failures, perhaps it is more than competitive.
We have the same issue in Florida. Here, hurricanes have taken out power to large regions for as long as a week at least t
everyone who depends on the system (Score:5, Informative)
Texas's system has had problems like this before. I think the applicable saying is "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."
IMO, the most awesome aspect of this time of change in the power grid is the rising availability of options to go off grid. Solar + battery is near competitive now. If you factor in the true cost of grid failures, perhaps it is more than competitive.
We have the same issue in Florida. Here, hurricanes have taken out power to large regions for as long as a week at least t
Re:everyone who depends on the system (Score:3)
Texas's system has had problems like this before. I think the applicable saying is "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."
Texas is going to have to come up with a "fool me three times" thing. Because the same grid collapse due to cold happened in 2011 and 1989.
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