[Leica] Birds week 6

[Don Dory]

Sid, I am currently producing 50% more power than I consume so in normal
times I am contributing.  Adding batteries will allow me to not pull from
the grid when the sun goes down thus helping with the base load problem.

For my benefit, when the grid shuts down I can not contribute for safety
reasons; but I can be a shelter of warmth and light for neighbors and less
fortunate individuals.

What Texas just demonstrated is that renewable energy must have a backstop
at all times.  Whether that is a battery array, gas turbine, nuclear,
hydro, or coal each political division must decide for themselves.

Another matter is the failure in Texas to plan for a black Swann event:
Texas has had these cold waves every 10 to 20 years so hardening the wind
turbines and the pipeline pumps should be a no brainer.  Perhaps for the
gas turbines you mandate a one week supply of LNG stored on site so low
pipeline pressures don't shut down the power.

All the best and thank you for the question.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 3:40 PM Sid Chatterjee via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Hello Don – Texas has people like you to blame for this power failure!
>
> Your enlightened Governor Greg Abbott stated that ‘failure of renewable
> energy sources, such as wind and solar caused the power failure.’
>
> After you install the (Musk) batteries, please turn off your house and put
> your batteries on the Texas grid. Please let me remind you that the SUN
> belongs to the people of Texas and not you.
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 1:15 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
>
> > We're just fine.  Only lost electricity for 26 hours.  Not our first
> rodeo
> > so had a fireplace, gas burners and solar panels to charge devices.  I
> will
> > be adding batteries to our solar array so that we can disconnect from the
> > grid and use our solar for power.  Safety reason for utilities the solar
> > shuts off when the grid goes down.  With batteries you add a circuit that
> > disconnects from the grid so you can have electricity; just like Sonny's
> > generator.
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 9:48 AM RicCarter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > You doing okay?
> > >
> > > ric
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Feb 18, 2021, at 10:47 AM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Good to see something that wasn't a block of ice.
> > >
> > >
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