I am getting pretty tired of the Texas energy market. I've got a contractor working up a quote for a generator install right now. WFH with the concern of constantly losing power (especially like in Feb where people actually died) is too stressful for me to deal with anymore.
How do we feel about every Texas homeowner installing a very inefficient ICE from a car next to their house and relying on it as a means to power their homes for days on end? What would the emissions from 500k+ of these units look like over the course of days or weeks (assuming natural gas supply holds)? Perhaps these questions should be considered when decisions are made that could potentially compromise the stability of the power grid, presumably in favor of certain environmental factors. A combined cycle power plant, even burning some shitty thing like coal, is probably better for the environment than 500k cars driving around at 50% load.
How do we feel about every Texas homeowner installing a very inefficient ICE from a car next to their house and relying on it as a means to power their homes for days on end? What would the emissions from 500k+ of these units look like over the course of days or weeks (assuming natural gas supply holds)? Perhaps these questions should be considered when decisions are made that could potentially compromise the stability of the power grid, presumably in favor of certain environmental factors. A combined cycle power plant, even burning some shitty thing like coal, is probably better for the environment than 500k cars driving around at 50% load.