A ferocious winter storm struck the southern plain states with exceptional ferocity over the weekend. By Monday, millions of Texans found themselves without power. Contrary to what one might expect, the energy problem wasn’t primarily because of downed power lines. Instead, in a state that has a quarter of America’s proven natural gas reserves, the power went away because Texas has turned to wind generation – and the generators froze.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s write-up about Texas’s State Energy Profile:
Texas is the top U.S. producer of both crude oil and natural gas. In 2019, the state accounted for 41% of the nation's crude oil production and 25% of its marketed natural gas production.
As of January 2019, the 30 petroleum refineries in Texas were able to process about 5.8 million barrels of crude oil per day and accounted for 31% of the nation's refining capacity.
That’s the good news. That’s the kind of news that helps make a nation energy independent so that it has a constant flow of energy and is not dependent on despotic, hostile foreign powers for its energy needs.
But then there’s the bad news from the same report:...........In Texas, the turbines aren’t turning. Instead, they’ve literally been frozen stiff:............Germany is currently having a similar problem because its winter storms have not only frozen their turbines, but they’ve also blocked sunlight from reaching the solar panels that generate necessary energy since Germany made the decision to "go green":..........To Read More...........
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