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So now we need to put solar panels on top of the wind turbines in texas -- Charleston Cav 02/16/2021 08:12AM Looks like gas supply issues are the real driver. It’s not wind -- WahooMatt05 02/16/2021 11:18AM More context / less ignorance on the electricity situation in Texas -- Bacon 02/16/2021 09:53AM Good post...this was a once every 50 years type cold weather event. By the -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2021 09:57AM Maybe even 100+ yrs going back to the late 1800's. Can't really fault folks -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 10:12AM Why not? ** -- 111Balz 02/16/2021 08:53AM I thought the turbines blades froze ** -- Zhoo 02/16/2021 08:47AM There is a large bank of Turbines on the 4,000'+ ridges around -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2021 08:50AM There is a county in Indiana about half way between Chicago and Cincinatti -- Zhoo 02/16/2021 2:11PM North Dakota has a ton of wind turbines. They function at -30 every winter -- Shenhoo 02/16/2021 08:55AM 4000K....that's $4,000,000. A year. For an acre. I assume you mean -- Late 80s Hokie 02/16/2021 09:27AM I do mean that as corrected. Thanks. ** -- Shenhoo 02/16/2021 09:50AM Probably another example of Texas not needing regulations like temperature -- 81_Hokie 02/16/2021 09:13AM I'm pro-Wind Turbine...as long as a few are installed next to Martha's -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2021 08:57AM How about a few around Mar-a-Lardo ** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2021 09:03AM Put one on the 17th fairway...mount it so the blades just clear the -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2021 09:06AM Yes, LOL! ** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2021 09:08AM LOL! ** -- Shenhoo 02/16/2021 09:08AM Hell yeah, right off the coast, fuck it, right in the sand so you have to -- Charleston Cav 02/16/2021 08:59AM Gas up about 15 cents a gallon since 1/20. Could be other factors. -- JMHoo 02/16/2021 08:31AM Paid $3.24 in RVA yesterday. Thanks Sleepy Joe! ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 08:43AM Quit buying that expensive Italian Gucci brand gasoline :) ** -- Oregon Hoo 02/16/2021 10:22AM Need to trade it in for a coal fired Tesla ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 10:51AM I prefer the Flintstones version where you have to use your feet ** -- Oregon Hoo 02/16/2021 10:53AM ^^^Walks the walk to combat climate change! ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 11:00AM You're so Trumpy you're even lying about how much you paid for gas. #SAD ** -- WahooRQ 02/16/2021 09:37AM Pic of receipt or it didn't happen -- BDF444 02/16/2021 09:31AM Hooda's Hoopty might require Premium...which I saw at $3.19 this week ** -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2021 09:34AM Correct. And suddenly lefties think details and facts matter. ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 10:02AM Well it does seem a little disingenuous to complain about gas -- BocaHoo91 02/16/2021 10:49AM If facts matter then show the facts -- BDF444 02/16/2021 10:11AM LOL! WTF would I lie about that? I couldn't post "paid $3.09, thanks Sleepy -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 10:19AM You lied about graduating from McIntire. ** -- Blah 02/16/2021 10:22AM Trigger warning!!! -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 11:06AM Could you be more pathetic if you tried? -- WahooRQ 02/16/2021 11:15AM So hooda claims to be a late 80's McIntire grad? -- Hoodeac 02/16/2021 3:16PM And apparently we're all supposed to be in awe of someone having an -- WahooRQ 02/16/2021 3:48PM Seems likely given the stubby exrended digit in his diploma pic. ** -- Hoodeac 02/16/2021 3:52PM Yes you really are this much of a DumbassQ. You mean my daughter that -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 11:19AM You seriously may be the saddest, most insecure fucker I've ever -- WahooRQ 02/16/2021 11:21AM LOL! Says the guy that keeps trying desperately to "get Hooda" only to fall -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 11:25AM Sorry, but nowhere near a big enough loser to do that. -- WahooRQ 02/16/2021 11:29AM LOL! Now you know how I react to your and Blah's posts. But I didn't say I -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 11:39AM Bless your little heart. Enjoy spending the rest of your day raging around -- WahooRQ 02/16/2021 11:43AM Do Fake Lawyers still get to fraudulently bill clients? ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 11:59AM Couldn’t tell you. Ask your mom. ** -- WahooRQ 02/16/2021 12:15PM Aww, you seem hurt Little Man. Let the anger go, many others had to settle -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 12:25PM Yes, devastated. It's OK to take the L, Hooduh. We never thought you were -- WahooRQ 02/16/2021 12:29PM It's OK, the world needs Econ and Women's Studies majors too. I guess. ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 12:35PM LOL. Anyone can get an image of a UVA diploma on the internet. -- Blah 02/16/2021 11:12AM LOL! A simple I was wrong and will stop exposing myself as a dumbass would -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 11:15AM LOL. You did not go to McIntire. A School of Commerce graduate ... -- Blah 02/16/2021 11:19AM LOL! You thought the G in GDP was for GOVCO spending. Take the L. ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 11:21AM Say what you want the evidence is in the thread. LOL. -- Blah 02/16/2021 11:23AM A simple I was wrong and will stop exposing myself as a dumbass would -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 11:27AM LOL. Can you do one with a internet diploma from Harvard? ** -- Blah 02/16/2021 11:31AM LOL! You thought the G in GDP was for GOVCO spending. Take the L. ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 11:35AM Where's the Harvard degree? LOL. ** -- Blah 02/16/2021 11:41AM LOL! You thought the G in GDP was for GOVCO spending. Take the L. ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 11:42AM How about your Rhodes Scholar Finalist Rec? LOL. ** -- Blah 02/16/2021 11:46AM I'm sorry you had to settle for special acceptance to Curry. Did you -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 11:58AM Say whatever you want. You're the alleged McIntire graduate ... -- Blah 02/16/2021 12:02PM LOL! You thought the G in GDP was for GOVCO spending. Take the L. ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 12:04PM Say whatever want. There's a thread with the evidence of your ignorance. ** -- Blah 02/16/2021 12:06PM LOL! You thought the G in GDP was for GOVCO spending. Take the L. ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 12:07PM Hey ... I got a Harvard degree. LOL -- Blah 02/16/2021 12:11PM So that's a no, you couldn't even finish at Curry? ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 12:24PM Whatever you say Mr. McIntire who doesn't know the equation for GDP. ** -- Blah 02/16/2021 12:33PM Well, at least now you have one "degree". ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 12:35PM Sure Mr. McIntire. LOL. ** -- Blah 02/16/2021 12:38PM I'm sorry you can't call yourself that. Let the anger and resentment go. -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 12:43PM Quick Mr. McIntire ... how do you calculate GDP? LOL. ** -- Blah 02/16/2021 12:46PM If it's not evident, Hooduh is clearly more of a "micro" kinda guy. -- WahooRQ 02/16/2021 1:50PM LOL! You thought the G in GDP was for GOVCO spending. Take the L. ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 12:54PM Because you're an unhinged, pathologically insecure, sociopath? ** -- WahooRQ 02/16/2021 10:20AM $3.24??? How? I'm in NY State which almost always has gas prices higher -- Late 80s Hokie 02/16/2021 09:22AM Good to hear the QOP surcharge is working! ** -- TomGlansAski 02/16/2021 09:14AM Thank goodness....my XOM stock may finally get back to +++$$ :) ** -- GoochlandHoo 02/16/2021 09:01AM LOL. Mr. McIntire - how do you calculate GDP? ** -- Blah 02/16/2021 08:52AM LOL! You thought the G in GDP was for GOVCO spending. Take the L. ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 08:54AM He was talking about the equation to calculate GDP. Which you have now -- WahooRQ 02/16/2021 09:10AM How does a McIntire graduate think the "G" in the GDP equation ... -- Blah 02/16/2021 08:56AM LOL! You thought the G in GDP was for GOVCO spending. Take the L. ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 09:15AM Now that you’ve thoroughly checkmated yourself, its YOU who needs to take -- WahooRQ 02/16/2021 09:19AM This is basic Econ 202 (macro). Always figured Hooduh was an imposter -- TomGlansAski 02/16/2021 09:26AM I'm actually offended for my McIntire buddies. Such a fraud ... -- Blah 02/16/2021 09:25AM LOL! You thought the G in GDP was for GOVCO spending. Take the L. ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 11:10AM Why did you lie about graduating from McIntire? ** -- Blah 02/16/2021 11:14AM LOL! You thought the G in GDP was for GOVCO spending. Take the L. ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 11:16AM Yep, and looks like he ran away to cry. Poor Hooduh, so much of his life -- WahooRQ 02/16/2021 09:28AM LOL! Look again DumbassQ. ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 11:10AM OMG. No way ... ** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2021 09:21AM Say what you want Mr. McIntire. The evidence is in the thread. LOL ** -- Blah 02/16/2021 09:18AM LOL! You thought the G in GDP was for GOVCO spending. Take the L. ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 09:59AM Please stop lying you graduated from McIntire. It's offensive. ** -- Blah 02/16/2021 10:02AM LOL! You thought the G in GDP was for GOVCO spending. Take the L. ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 10:12AM You understand that all this is doing now is making you look mentally ill, -- WahooRQ 02/16/2021 10:16AM LOL! DumbassQ can't help but confirm he's a dumbass. ** -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 10:20AM Seriously, Bro, take the fucking L and move on. This is pitiful. ** -- WahooRQ 02/16/2021 10:21AM There are people in Biden's Energy task force who are wishing for $6-7 a -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2021 08:41AM Name them ** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2021 09:05AM I wish for higher gas prices...because I think gas is underpriced -- tchoo 02/16/2021 09:32AM Wax...there are surely some Steven Chu devotees in the Biden's -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2021 09:17AM Surely? -- WaxHoo 02/16/2021 09:19AM Since much of the Biden team are retreads from Obama's team who ended up -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2021 09:22AM Are you referring to the Nobel Laureate who actually had the expertise -- TomGlansAski 02/16/2021 09:31AM Great. Please do so and let us know. ** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2021 09:23AM I now have a project...Cool :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2021 09:26AM It's ok, -- WaxHoo 02/16/2021 09:28AM Yep, poor people dont need jobs nor do they need gas $ to get to those jobs ** -- Charleston Cav 02/16/2021 08:54AM ...** -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2021 08:44AM Funny moment in my 'hood yesterday...a neighbor was using a gas powered -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2021 08:19AM And if that happened every day, then it would be truly ridiculous. One ? -- Late 80s Hokie 02/16/2021 09:20AM He was charging it enough to get to the nearest charging station which is -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2021 09:25AM It's more efficient when you convert the gas to electricity. ** -- ResistHoo 02/16/2021 08:25AM Drinkin’ before 9 am again? ** -- TomGlansAski 02/16/2021 08:17AM If the wind is not blowing and the sun is not shining you're up shit creek -- Charleston Cav 02/16/2021 08:14AM T. Boone Pickens - The wind is always blowing SOMEWHERE. And I'd add -- Late 80s Hokie 02/16/2021 09:16AM That's fair...but consider the huge carbon footprint that the support -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2021 09:20AM They stand up well. Have you seen the activiity around oil -- Shenhoo 02/16/2021 09:52AM You never saw a truck hauling sailboat fuel and Volkswagon radiators? ** -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2021 09:59AM You laughed at Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, -- WaxHoo 02/16/2021 08:23AM The Wright brothers? Wow, Charleston Cav IS old. ** -- JMHoo 02/16/2021 08:37AM Maybe it was Steven Wright (who might also have a funny brother) ** -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2021 08:39AM Yeah, sure whatever you say. & its a shame progressive liberals of your ilk -- Charleston Cav 02/16/2021 08:30AM He's too busy wanting to make us dependent on China to pimp his "green" -- Hoodafan 02/16/2021 08:39AM O, the China dependency canard again. You have no idea what -- WaxHoo 02/16/2021 08:50AM Really Comrade? ** -- Charleston Cav 02/16/2021 08:55AM Yes, Comrade. You think US companies are out of the picture? ** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2021 08:57AM German Solar Panel producers have been forced to shutter because of cheap -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2021 08:55AM See First Solar and SunPower. ** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2021 08:58AM No, i like Musk. I like the Space stuff he's doing. ** -- Charleston Cav 02/16/2021 08:26AM You’re a dinosaur. And this is evolution. -- fphoo 02/16/2021 08:29AM But solar and wind are a joke. Got it. ** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2021 08:28AM The situation in Texas in the past few days points out one of the main -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2021 08:32AM If you're interested search Tesla battery South Australia -- WaxHoo 02/16/2021 09:11AM Reasonable. And I don't think we can accuse Texas of being anti-oil -- Shenhoo 02/16/2021 09:00AM Agree, and it will happen. Book it. Mocking the current state of -- WaxHoo 02/16/2021 08:49AM How much of this is related to Texas having its own grid? ** -- southdenverhoo 02/16/2021 08:42AM I would argue its more a factor of how the grid is regulated -- Bacon 02/16/2021 10:39AM That is also a big factor ** -- Tuckahokie 02/16/2021 08:44AM Yes, quick google search turns this up -- southdenverhoo 02/16/2021 08:50AM Correct. There were pipeline problems during the polar vortex a few years -- TomGlansAski 02/16/2021 09:20AM Yeah, but nobody would think of mocking a pipeline. ** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2021 09:30AM Absolutely they would have to be enormous. & doesn't currently exist ** -- Charleston Cav 02/16/2021 08:41AM Actually they do, but you'd rather mock innovation than learn about it ** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2021 08:52AM I have solar panels on my house, 20 of them. But we should not look to them -- Charleston Cav 02/16/2021 08:32AM Hoo says the grid should be powered by rooftop solar? And good on you -- WaxHoo 02/16/2021 08:54AM No way, that shit costs oodles of $$, I guess when you pretend to care -- Charleston Cav 02/16/2021 08:58AM Fine. So why are you ignoring commercial and industrial scale solar?** -- WaxHoo 02/16/2021 08:59AM