Texas Power Shortage

[Grizzerbear]

Misinformation changes perspective, the subjects are intertwined. Perception is reality.

Actually perception is not reality.

Perception:

Perception Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

PERCEPTION meaning: 1 : the way you think about or understand someone or something often + of; 2 : the ability to understand or notice something easily

www.learnersdictionary.com

And reality:

Reality Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

REALITY meaning: 1 : the true situation that exists the real situation; 2 : something that actually exists or happens a real event, occurrence, situation, etc.

www.learnersdictionary.com

As you can see perception is defined as the way you think about or understand someone or something. Reality is something that actually exists.
Reality isn't influenced by the mind.

So your perception and mine can be different. The world doesn't implode and the sun still rose this morning. It doesn't make you or me right. As far as misinformation I didn't know you were christened the all mighty with what is fact. Trying to tell me my daughter's teacher is underpaid while being over 1500 miles away and knowing nothing of her body of work. Listen to you lol.

 

[stoveliker]

You (anyone on this thread, not someone in particular) do know that the reality in which people make actual decisions (e.g. voting) is purely a perception... Hence "perception is reality" - a mantra a lot of politicians adhere to but (...) that contains a lot of truth.

I.e. what you describe as reality is not really accessible to people - instead it is each individual's perception of that reality that rules the day, for those individuals. You base decisions on what you perceive to be real, how reality impacts you, in your reference frame.

In my reality, nothing would have happened (prosperity wise) if not for scientists - that created the knowledge of fluid dynamics to design stoves, that created the knowledge of chemistry to design the catalyst, that created the knowledge of materials science to design the cat washcoat and the steel of the stove, that created the knowledge of soil treatment for agriculture, that created the knowledge of e.g. rubber to have your manufacturing conveyor belt not tear at each loop, that created the knowledge of process management so the conveyor belt factory could be set up efficiently, that created the knowledge of grid stability to make sure - well, let's not go there on this thread... .

In fact, all that is taught by teachers in schools was created by scientists. Some 300 years ago, and some more recently. And that even holds for the anti-bullying social (or moral) education our kids get from our good teachers.

So, I suggest that my perception of reality (which IS reality for me), is just one of many, and it's okay to know where each of us stands, but that arguing over that happens already enough in this world today...

After this sojourn somewhat off-topic, I'll not respond to this further to make sure I keep my word (less arguing about things)...

All be well and keep warm!

 

[woodgeek]

Haha.... this thread is gonna go full-on 'Plato's Cave' in a few more posts.

oops.

 

[Grizzerbear]

You (anyone on this thread, not someone in particular) do know that the reality in which people make actual decisions (e.g. voting) is purely a perception... Hence "perception is reality" - a mantra a lot of politicians adhere to but (...) that contains a lot of truth.

I.e. what you describe as reality is not really accessible to people - instead it is each individual's perception of that reality that rules the day, for those individuals. You base decisions on what you perceive to be real, how reality impacts you, in your reference frame.

In my reality, nothing would have happened (prosperity wise) if not for scientists - that created the knowledge of fluid dynamics to design stoves, that created the knowledge of chemistry to design the catalyst, that created the knowledge of materials science to design the cat washcoat and the steel of the stove, that created the knowledge of soil treatment for agriculture, that created the knowledge of e.g. rubber to have your manufacturing conveyor belt not tear at each loop, that created the knowledge of process management so the conveyor belt factory could be set up efficiently, that created the knowledge of grid stability to make sure - well, let's not go there on this thread... .

In fact, all that is taught by teachers in schools was created by scientists. Some 300 years ago, and some more recently. And that even holds for the anti-bullying social (or moral) education our kids get from our good teachers.

So, I suggest that my perception of reality (which IS reality for me), is just one of many, and it's okay to know where each of us stands, but that arguing over that happens already enough in this world today...

After this sojourn somewhat off-topic, I'll not respond to this further to make sure I keep my word (less arguing about things)...

All be well and keep warm!

Well said.

 

[semipro]

An interesting take on the resiliency of renewable versus fossil fuel sources. An excerpt:

"Wind and solar’s intrinsic reliability advantage comes from their modularity. A 250MW wind farm is typically made up of more than 100 individual wind turbines. If one of those turbines has a mechanical problem, the wind farm loses less that 1 percent of its potential output. And the odds of that happening to more than one turbine at a time are small.

On the other hand, a 250MW fossil gas combined cycle turbine plant—the most common type of large gas plant—is typically made up of two combustion turbines feeding a steam turbine. A mechanical failure of one of the combustion turbines cuts the plant’s production capacity by half. If the steam turbine or the gas supply fails, which happened during the February storm, the whole plant goes down."

Make It Modular: Why Wind and Solar Are So Resilient

Wind and solar power were not the primary cause of the grid failure in Texas—the main culprit was fossil gas plants that went offline. In fact, wind and solar are intrinsically more reliable than fossil power, but not in the...

www.nrdc.org

 

[stoveliker]

An interesting take on the resiliency of renewable versus fossil fuel sources. An excerpt:

"Wind and solar’s intrinsic reliability advantage comes from their modularity. A 250MW wind farm is typically made up of more than 100 individual wind turbines. If one of those turbines has a mechanical problem, the wind farm loses less that 1 percent of its potential output. And the odds of that happening to more than one turbine at a time are small.

On the other hand, a 250MW fossil gas combined cycle turbine plant—the most common type of large gas plant—is typically made up of two combustion turbines feeding a steam turbine. A mechanical failure of one of the combustion turbines cuts the plant’s production capacity by half. If the steam turbine or the gas supply fails, which happened during the February storm, the whole plant goes down."

Make It Modular: Why Wind and Solar Are So Resilient

Wind and solar power were not the primary cause of the grid failure in Texas—the main culprit was fossil gas plants that went offline. In fact, wind and solar are intrinsically more reliable than fossil power, but not in the...

www.nrdc.org

Yes. It's a pity that the fluctuations (reliability) of the "fuel source" are not on a length scale smaller than a whole wind or solar park to even out weather fluctuations too...

 

[semipro]

...that created the knowledge of grid stability to make sure - well, let's not go there on this thread... .

Whoops, I think I just did with my last post.

 

[semipro]

Until we develop affordable electrical storage systems it seems to me that future power grids should rely upon non fossil sources for base loads (solar, wind, tidal, hydro, nuclear, etc.) and that natural gas-fueled "peaker" plants will be used primarily for leveling the supply during base supply disruption.