Documentary on the Texas Power Grid

[gdr_11]

Anyone want to watch this and post the 411 on your take? Evidently it was shown at the capitol and it will be tied to some legislation but I am not one to sit and watch something like this but I thought some of you might want to see it.

Documentary movie related to power grid shown at Texas State Capitol, legislation filed

The Capitol auditorium served as a movie theater Wednesday afternoon to show a documentary movie, featuring the voice of Dennis Quaid, that’s bringing attention

cbsaustin.com

 

[MountainGirl]

Anyone want to watch this and post the 411 on your take? Evidently it was shown at the capitol and it will be tied to some legislation but I am not one to sit and watch something like this but I thought some of you might want to see it.

Documentary movie related to power grid shown at Texas State Capitol, legislation filed

The Capitol auditorium served as a movie theater Wednesday afternoon to show a documentary movie, featuring the voice of Dennis Quaid, that’s bringing attention

cbsaustin.com

Seriously?

Thanks for the link, and I'll be watching it - but you'll need to get your own 411.
Maybe someone else will do your work for ya. Or not.

 

[FireInTheWire]

Here is my take- none ya bees wax

 

[Vaquero]

I dug deep enough to find the actual "documentary ".
And I watched all 59 minutes of it.
My thoughts follow.

It's a propaganda piece.
It focuses on human made events and terroristic attacks.
Granted, the solar storm segment is out of our control.
But so are tornadoes, hurricanes, ice storms. The "movie" started out by blaming grid operators for natural occurring events that caused widespread outages. Then it turned into a propaganda piece that says communist countries are going to shut us down by hacking or EMP bursts.
CNN & MSNBC interviews are prevalent throughout the "production".

In a nutshell.
I think it's funded, produced and quoted by people that never worked on a line, serviced a transformer or changed a relay setting in their whole life.

If you want a bulletproof grid, get your checkbook out. Because 100% reliability and distributed generation comes straight out of your wallet.

Solar, wind and battery backup don't belong on the grid.
They belong on your property.
They aren't large scale answers.

If you want cheap electricity, make sure you're on an investor owned utility.
If you want cheap transportation, ride a bicycle.

I started out in the electric utility business in 1981, in case anyone wonders.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Thank you for the info.

 

[MountainGirl]

....

Solar, wind and battery backup don't belong on the grid.
They belong on your property. (and not grid-tied - MG)
They aren't large scale answers.

...

That. ^^^

And thank you for the synopsis.

 

[Cool 'Horn Luke]

I dug deep enough to find the actual "documentary ".
And I watched all 59 minutes of it.
My thoughts follow.

It's a propaganda piece.
It focuses on human made events and terroristic attacks.
Granted, the solar storm segment is out of our control.
But so are tornadoes, hurricanes, ice storms. The "movie" started out by blaming grid operators for natural occurring events that caused widespread outages. Then it turned into a propaganda piece that says communist countries are going to shut us down by hacking or EMP bursts.
CNN & MSNBC interviews are prevalent throughout the "production".

In a nutshell.
I think it's funded, produced and quoted by people that never worked on a line, serviced a transformer or changed a relay setting in their whole life.

If you want a bulletproof grid, get your checkbook out. Because 100% reliability and distributed generation comes straight out of your wallet.

Solar, wind and battery backup don't belong on the grid.
They belong on your property.
They aren't large scale answers.

If you want cheap electricity, make sure you're on an investor owned utility.
If you want cheap transportation, ride a bicycle.

I started out in the electric utility business in 1981, in case anyone wonders.

Where does nuclear figure into the conversation?

 

[msharley]

Where does nuclear figure into the conversation?

For the two units at Beaver Valley?

Over $6 Billion in subsidies.....so far....

 

[Vaquero]

Where does nuclear figure into the conversation?

Best bet we've got.
It's cleaner than coal and more reliable than gas.
But a few accidents have tainted a great energy source.

How many men have died in mining accidents?


It boils down to .
(Irony)
We either harness the rivers, catch the wind or store the solar energy. Or we boil water to create steam to spin a turbine.

In my region, we need to boil water or the lights go out.

 

[Cool 'Horn Luke]

For the two units at Beaver Valley?

Over $6 Billion in subsidies.....so far....

To build them, or to keep them operating?