ican711nm wrote:Cycloptichorn wrote:
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[Houston's windturbines are] Reliable enough that it is powering a major portion of the city's energy needs.
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Cycloptichorn
CORRECTION
[Houston's windturbines are] ALLEGED BY Cycloptichorn AND A WSJ WRITER, WRITING ABOUT WHAT THE HOUSTON CITY GOVERNMENT ALLEGEDLY CLAIMS, TO BE reliable enough that [THEY ARE] powering a major portion of the city's 24/7/52 energy needs.
I'm not sure the WSJ alleged that either. Did Cyclop provide a link? Although one of the world's largest wind turbine farms is at Sweetwater TX, that is some 450 miles from Houston with a lot of communities to be served in between. I haven't spent a great deal of time in Houston in recent years, but I don't recall that part of Texas being very windy--mostly hot, muggy, humid much of the year.
It appears there is a push to increase coal as a major energy source for Texas however as Texas's use of coal is considerably less than the national average.
SEE HERE
Wouldn't it be wonderful if a) scientists would put all the global warming stuff to rest so we could move on to solve solvable problems? and b) that resulted in discovery of ways to use the relatively inexpensive and widely plentiful coal in nonpolluting ways and thereby solve the world's energy crisis?