Re: The Physics Behind the Spanish Blackout

On 6/9/2025 3:29 PM, Don Y wrote:

On 6/9/2025 8:34 AM, bitrex wrote:

I remember not too long ago when the climate-change deniers were claiming renewables could never be a significant part of a country's energy profile but I guess when they find out Spain was running 73% one afternoon they have to change their argument, lol.
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Just goalpost-shifting forever.
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Better question is will the fission nuclear industry ever give up trying to push their obsolete pointless technology that has been nothing but broken promises for 75 years. It's over give up, already.

 Amusing how long we're sticking with a technology that still has "significant
problems" (waste management) -- yet eager to throw another NEW technology
under the bus in a heartbeat.
 Obviously, no one wants the greenies (who secretly hold controlling
interests in all bicycle manufacturing facilities) to displace
the "oilers"...
 You (bitrex) are in New England, right?  Do they STILL deploy oil fired
heat?  And rely on small "independent operators" to ferry the fuel to
your home in the rain and snow?  '78 anyone?
 We had a natural gas outage, here (unusually cold spell with very high
demand).  Gas was available -- but not at sufficient pressure to bring
appliances up to their normal operating temperatures (of course, the
safeties in those appliances couldn't differentiate between lack of
ignition and lack of sufficient supply).  So, despite having the
"fuel" piped TO each customer, it was effectively not available.
 "Damn unreliable fossil fuels!"  <rolls eyes>

Yes we've experienced a "propane outage" on at least one occasion as there had been interpersonal communications issues as to what "running low" meant precisely, and then the scheduled delivery was delayed for a couple days, no explanation why.
Probably just got backed up near the holidays with employees taking off early.
The propane delivery companies always charge for an emergency delivery and reprime, even if they were delayed. You're free to complain by finding another company (who does the same thing.)