Warning: BLACKOUTS, Doubling OUTAGES, Decaying Transmission Grid no longer reliable

[Poor Richard Saunders]

It will only get worse with incompetent Biden as president

Maybe you should read the article before you make stupid comments. The article points out that the federal government is not authorized to oversee transmission lines but it is the state's responsibility to authorize that.

[T. A. Gardner]

"Power outages over the last six years have more than doubled in number compared to the previous six years, according to a Reuters examination of federal data. ...

America’s antiquated electric infrastructure – a task some industry experts say requires more than $2 trillion. The current network of transmission wires, substations and transformers is decaying with age and underinvestment ...

The U.S. Department of Energy found that 70% of U.S. transmission lines are more than 25 years old in its last network-infrastructure review in 2015. Lines typically have a 50 year lifespan. The average age of large power transformers, which handle 90% of U.S. electricity flow, is more than 40 years. Transformer malfunctions tend to escalate at about 40 years ...

Americans will use 40% more electricity by 2050 with widespread EV adoption. ...

more wind and solar power to the creaky U.S. grid. That would exacerbate the transmission network’s challenges because of the inherent unreliability of these renewable sources. Unlike coal, for example, wind and sunshine can’t be stored for ready use in power emergencies. ... "

https://www.reuters.com/investigates...electric-grid/

It's a long article so I have just posted some of the highlights.

Clearly the aging U.S. electric grid is falling apart at a time when anti-human, climate doomsayers are trying to overload it.

It's the 7 P's. Politicians Preventing Planning Produces Piss Poor Performance

[ptif219]

ROFLMAO. When someone is as stupid as you there doesn't seem to be anything we can do to help you medically.



The problem is an aging system that needs to be replaced. The story cites the failures in the Louisiana, Texas, and other places in the south as well as California. It then lists the places that are actually working to upgrade their systems. The southern US is not one of them but California is.

The problem is going green before upgrading the grid. As always Democtrats don't think ahead

[ptif219]

Maybe you should read the article before you make stupid comments. The article points out that the federal government is not authorized to oversee transmission lines but it is the state's responsibility to authorize that.

Then Biden. should stop pushing it

[T. A. Gardner]

The problem is going green before upgrading the grid. As always Democtrats don't think ahead

There fixed it for you.

[Hawkeye10]

I saw the other day a headline that a fresh study says that the grid needs $20 trillion by I think it was 2035 to support the the Save the Planet energy transition plans. Obviously no one is talking about how to do it, especially given the fact the economic catastrophe is almost here...there is no way that can happen.

"We are not being groomed to go green, we are being groomed to go without"
Neil Oliver.

"The WOKE are Anti-Human, the brutality is a feature not a bug"
Hawkeye the Wise

[Althea]

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05...mance-credits/

If the wind does not blow we are going to be screwed. EV owner wet their panties.

Proof that the private sector simply cannot be counted on. Why does Texas refuse to link to the national power grid?

[Nordberg]

It's the 7 P's. Politicians Preventing Planning Produces Piss Poor Performance

In fact, power companies are for profit. That means they do as little maintenance as they can get away with. They make the staff as small as they possibly can. The management is judged by profit and loss, not how well they keep up with technology. The price is as high as they can get away with.

[Walt]

I saw the other day a headline that a fresh study says that the grid needs $20 trillion by I think it was 2035

That sounds far fetched.

[Earl]

That sounds far fetched.

No, it doesn’t, Walter.

The Grid Needs A $20 Trillion Upgrade To Support Energy ...

naked capitalism
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com › 2023/06 › the-gri...
1 day ago — Inadequate grid capacity all over the globe raises doubts about the viability of green energy plans, at least at scale.

Poor Walter.

[T. A. Gardner]

In fact, power companies are for profit. That means they do as little maintenance as they can get away with. They make the staff as small as they possibly can. The management is judged by profit and loss, not how well they keep up with technology. The price is as high as they can get away with.

Okay, let's assume that's all true. Then power companies are all-in for solar and wind because they can definitely gouge customers far more for that than using conventional production. On top of that, they can lie about how green they are...

[Poor Richard Saunders]

No, it doesn’t, Walter.

The Grid Needs A $20 Trillion Upgrade To Support Energy ...

naked capitalism
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com › 2023/06 › the-gri...
1 day ago — Inadequate grid capacity all over the globe raises doubts about the viability of green energy plans, at least at scale.

Poor Walter.

Per usual, you can't get your facts straight.
The article you linked to refers to worldwide grid upgrades by 2050.

[Earl]

Per usual, you can't get your facts straight.
The article you linked to refers to worldwide grid upgrades by 2050.

Per usual you lied.

I never posted that the figure was for the US alone. It’s clearly stated, “worldwide,” lying pendejo.

[Poor Richard Saunders]

Per usual you lied.

I never posted that the figure was for the US alone. It’s clearly stated, “worldwide,” lying pendejo.

Right. Because in a thread about the US grid, when you say "the grid" it must not mean what we are discussing.

And 2035 is so 2050. How could I not realize they were the same thing?

[Bigdog]

I report.

You decide.

Then Report on the racism you see with your own eyes in your local community. Afterall, there IS a WS "epidemic".