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Dr. Huber describes the situation in Texas. You might be surprised at the lack of organization!

Big Al
February 21, 2021
Amazing just how much disorganization there was according to Dr. Huber
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    Feb 21, 2021 21:52 PM

    Texes in one word……COCKUP.

      Feb 21, 2021 21:17 PM

      Yes St. Irtish at least this time.

    Feb 21, 2021 21:04 PM

    Dr Huber made some HONEST comments on vacines & statins….Respect for that.

      Feb 21, 2021 21:17 PM

      As do I St Irish

    Feb 21, 2021 21:21 PM

    Hi larry…If you listen to this , then a least give this Doc. a little credit for what he just said about , vacine’s & statins….There are many out there , who care more about their patents , than you think…..They are not all under the thumb of big pharma…….IMO.

      Feb 21, 2021 21:16 PM

      You are back to sainthood in my mind, Irtish!

      Feb 22, 2021 22:25 AM

      no need to comment on ancient history…glta, markets weaken and yields rise…..correlated?

        Feb 22, 2021 22:58 PM

        I don’t understand your comment at all!

          Feb 23, 2021 23:10 AM

          I know that Al…But the comment was toward Irish regarding Statins and Vaccines…The danger of statins long term use actually has been understood for decades because your brain needs the cholesterol to function…The vaccine crucible of destruction has been reported on for decades as well…Hence ancient history,,,and notably both are creating rapidly increasing populations of cripples…..autism and Alzheimer epidemics as major defining characteristics…

    cfs
    Feb 21, 2021 21:14 PM

    The most moronic decision, however, was that ERCOT shut off power to natural gas pumping stations. This, because of having to not allow air into transmission pipes caused gas power stations to cut down. By the time power was re-coupled to the gas pumps, mechanical valves had frozen.

      Feb 21, 2021 21:18 PM

      Yes, they certainly did freeze up!

        cfs
        Feb 22, 2021 22:56 AM

        As you can see from the supply graphs, that I managed to dig up. (Posted below) it is not clear that gas valves froze. It just looks to me that they ran out of capability without solar and wind power.
        Nuclear consistently worked at max. Coal was constant and gas was increased until they could increase no more…….gas generation did not drop off.
        The system was just never capable of supplying enough power without wind……..design flaw.

          Feb 22, 2021 22:59 PM

          Many thanks for the information, Professor

    cfs
    Feb 21, 2021 21:18 PM

    Dr. Huber, they did try to get nat. gas back on line within 8 hours.
    Further, had they not shut down partially and had lost the whole grid, you would be looking at many weeks of substantial black-outs.

      Feb 21, 2021 21:20 PM

      Yes, it would have been even worse, but it was bad enough!

    cfs
    Feb 21, 2021 21:39 PM

    CEO of ERCOT excuses his decisions:

    https://youtu.be/D84fl8UQAH0

      Feb 22, 2021 22:07 PM

      More excuses than a sixth grader discussing hi a lack of homework to turn in. The news anchor acrtually did not let him off the hook. Good for her!

    Feb 21, 2021 21:56 PM

    Lost my power and phones last Sun night. It was 14F Mon morning and a winter wonderland for 3 days. It was 44F inside my house on Mon and Tues and no TV or internet or cable or phone. But I could play my guitar and take walks in the snow. No pipes burst and I never lost water, so I was lucky. I’m fixing a crockpot of beef bone broth tonight. Lost my pumpkin vine and avocado tree, and I am worried about my azaleas.

      Feb 21, 2021 21:21 PM

      Azaleas are a lot stronger than you might think. Let me know how they turn out. We did not loose ours!

    Feb 21, 2021 21:02 PM

    Al, I did not know azaleas grew up in Washington. Now I have hope they can make it. I soaked them with water today, all 60 of them. Some are 8 ft. tall.

      Feb 21, 2021 21:37 PM

      Dang……..those are some tall azaleas……we are lucky , if they survive three seasons here.

        Feb 21, 2021 21:14 PM

        Many of my azaleas are 60 years old or more.

          Feb 21, 2021 21:26 PM

          Now that is old……..you are lucky, …..I love those plants….along with Rodos…..

            Feb 22, 2021 22:17 AM

            We don’t have Rodos down here. Must be too hot for them in our summers. My mom planted azaleas all around our house back in the 1950’s. I’d hate to lose them now.

            Feb 22, 2021 22:09 PM

            Up here they are incredably popular and we call them Rhodies!

      Feb 22, 2021 22:01 PM

      I would bet that they will be fine. Azeleas are very popular up here.

    cfs
    Feb 21, 2021 21:58 PM

    Here is a graph of power distributed by ERCOT in the period just before the outages:

    https://nationalfile.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ERCOT-600×389.png

    Contrary to what lying green democrats are stating, you can see that the wind turbines simply failed to produce power…..even though winds were blowing.

    cfs
    Feb 22, 2021 22:04 AM

    STRANGER THAN FICTION. BUT WAS JOE LYING OR ADMITTING THE TRUTH ?

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-claimed-arrested-trespassing-capitol-age-21

    cfs
    Feb 22, 2021 22:23 AM

    The UK finally has light at end of tunnel:
    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/five-week-wait-between-each-stage-of-lockdown-easing-in-steady-as-she-goes-approach-gzr3z3mdd

    Now it’s time for senile Joe to get the U.S. out of its mess.

    cfs
    Feb 22, 2021 22:26 AM

    Results are in from Europe for today, Monday for Covid-19.

    Israel, with over half the population vaccinated and Scotland with about a third of the population vaccinated (and all old age pensioners that wish it) are showing reductions of hospitalizations of 94% and 91% respectively.

    cfs
    Feb 22, 2021 22:28 AM
    Feb 22, 2021 22:03 AM

    Trumps friend greg abbott gov of texas proves his worth. Unfortunatley texas has no recall petition like they do in cal. or he would be gone. stuck with him for 2 more years and ted cruz for many more years. Wow my AROC STOCK IS UP NICE PUMPS FOR NAT GAS ONLY BOUGHT IT ONE WEEK AGO. ALSO MY MINE STOCKS ARE MOSTLY UP NICE. AND I HAVE USL MADE MONEY BEFORE ON USO . USL IS LESS INTENSE . WHAT DO YOU THINK . LOOKING TO BUY FIZZ BUT AT LOWER PRICE SODA POP STOCKS ARE NICE RSH