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    @wildgrass said
    Texas. How are liberal policies killing people in Texas? I'd hope you don't need crayons for that, you wrote it pretty matter-of-factly.
    the crayons are for your benefit.
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    @mott-the-hoople said
    the crayons are for your benefit.
    I'm good over here in reality. Thanks anyway, though.

    Let me know if you think of anything, you know, related to our conversation. Anything non-crayon related that could address my question.
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    @wildgrass said
    I'm good over here in reality. Thanks anyway, though.

    Let me know if you think of anything, you know, related to our conversation. Anything non-crayon related that could address my question.
    just sitting here thinking about that ONE windmill powering all of Antarctica. 😂
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    Ya that part made me laugh too
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    @wildgrass said
    I'm good over here in reality. Thanks anyway, though.

    Let me know if you think of anything, you know, related to our conversation. Anything non-crayon related that could address my question.
    "I'm good over here in reality."
    Facts from reality don't translate well to coockoolanders?

    He saw some pictures of frozen wind turbines and he made up his mind. Also someone told him AOC is to blame and he didn't bother to ask why would a NY rep be responsible for what happened in Texas with an infrastructure that is how many years old exactly?
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    https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1361902402568355841?s=19
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    @zahlanzi said
    "I'm good over here in reality."
    Facts from reality don't translate well to coockoolanders?

    He saw some pictures of frozen wind turbines and he made up his mind. Also someone told him AOC is to blame and he didn't bother to ask why would a NY rep be responsible for what happened in Texas with an infrastructure that is how many years old exactly?
    LOL. Do they really not understand that windmills work in cold weather?
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    @wildgrass said
    LOL. Do they really not understand that windmills work in cold weather?
    ”We should have learned our energy lessons from Germany. In the early 2000s, the Germans went all in on green energy and largely abandoned fossil fuels. It caused massive price spikes throughout the country, and manufacturing began to leave for nations with much lower power costs. Germany wisely ditched the all-in green energy movement. Now as a polar vortex has hit Europe, the German are getting much of their energy from ... coal.”








    https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/539004-as-nation-freezes-fossil-fuels-are-keeping-the-lights-and-heat-on?fbclid=IwAR2JuyNzgnNkFfhXjk7vxtfFGnxsIFkBNqRr05O4_d1DykInUJTfIQhhBxc
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    @mott-the-hoople said
    ”We should have learned our energy lessons from Germany. In the early 2000s, the Germans went all in on green energy and largely abandoned fossil fuels. It caused massive price spikes throughout the country, and manufacturing began to leave for nations with much lower power costs. Germany wisely ditched the all-in green energy movement. Now as a polar vortex has hit E ...[text shortened]... -keeping-the-lights-and-heat-on?fbclid=IwAR2JuyNzgnNkFfhXjk7vxtfFGnxsIFkBNqRr05O4_d1DykInUJTfIQhhBxc
    Um, what does that have to do with the problem in Texas?

    Proof that Green Energy is not ready for prime time? It is just a lie. If you buy a car and forget to add antifreeze its not the car's fault. This was user error.
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    @wildgrass said
    Um, what does that have to do with the problem in Texas?

    Proof that Green Energy is not ready for prime time? It is just a lie. If you buy a car and forget to add antifreeze its not the car's fault. This was user error.
    Reserve (emergency) coal supplies are stacked up for a 90-period in Texas. What would you fellers think we should stack for a 90- day period. Can someone answer this question? Not Duchess, she asks questions,, but does nor answer them. No credence.
    So what would you guys (and girls) stockpile for an emergency? 90 days worth, such as that.
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    @wildgrass said
    LOL. Do they really not understand that windmills work in cold weather?
    noooo, how could they if he saw a picture of a frozen windmill? the obvious conclusion is that every windmill all over the world freezes as soon as temperatures dip below zero. It's common knowledge you only build wind turbines in tropical weather, everyone knows that.

    It can't possibly be because someone up the chain skimped on costs (like they skimped on winterizing pipes) and just slapped a windmill together. That would be almost too logical.
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    Why 90 day? Why not 6 months or a year? Or ONE month?
    I have a generator but it runs out of fuel in a few hours which means you have to have a significant amount of gasoline to keep running even one DAY much less three months.

    Sweden teaches Texas how to do wind in the winter:

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/sweden-shows-texas-how-to-keep-turbines-going-in-icy-weather/ar-BB1dJtjT?ocid=msedgntp
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    Canada handles cold weather just fine
    windmills and all
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