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I work in the electric industry. and I'm trying to get my mind around a 'fix'.
And I cant find any, short of a government takeover of the electric grid (which I'm sure some here would advocate) Any regulation will get watered down or implemented badly (does Ohio need The same freeze protection as Texas ?) All of these companies are profit motivated, so they wont hire more people or install more systems unless legally compelled to do so. I'm not sure how natural gas suppliers were doing, but when was the last time anyone advocated for or against a natural gas transmission line ? how successful are those ? (even on a short/local scale) Every state/grid operator/Utility has been closing coal plants as quickly as they can. And while wind/solar/NG has been building, the construction rates have not been equal. Grid operators ("ERCOT" in Texas and PJM where I live) have a mandate to not let utilities close down too many plants at once. How many 'extra' coal/NG plants do you want to keep open just in case we get another winter like this one ? or better yet: How many people are coal plant emissions killing ? vs. people that would otherwise have died from no electricity in Texas ? vs people that just die during their tree trimming jobs (the large number of tree trimmers is born of a mandate that we avoid another 2003 Northeast Blackout) I dont have any good answers. I look forward to seeing numbers for TX - Maybe Utilities and Grid operators will have good science to back up if they want to ask their states for more money (for people, equipment, heat tracing....) -John
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It seems to me that a diesel fueled generator would be safer than natural gas or propane since both are flammable.
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The great part about propane is unless you have a leak it will be there when you need it. I don't know the freezing point of propane. I am sure it has one. Starting a diesel or gasoline engine on propane is a challenge. The industrial units I have seen have one source or the other to start and switch over to propane after they are warmed up. Also when such a unit is shut down someone has to remember to charge the fuel lines with the diesel or gas and flush the propane out of the fuel system. Otherwise they will be tough to start the next time. |
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Rick Perry, when he was governor of Texas, cut a deal with a Spanish company to build a lot of tollways. They had a state wide exclusive deal for 99 years. I think they own the one in Fort Worth. They built a road to bypass Austin. I-35 bypass starts at Georgetown, north of Austin, and goes to San Antonio. This is about 100 miles. This road has a number but it is just known as the bypass. I love this road. The speed limit is 85 mph and it is worth it, to me, to blow the extra $15 it costs. But most people are not the big spender that I am so the road went bankrupt. The state was supposed to take over. I don't know how it finally shook out but the state figured at the rate it was being used it would take around 500 years to break even. Meanwhile, the state gets to pick up the bills. Yup, that's how those republicans are. Blowing money left and right. |
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Propane boils at -43°F and becomes a liquid at -44°F. It will freeze at -306.4°F. If it is that cold fuel for your generator is the least of your problems.
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If it gets below freezing outside the vaporization slows and the pressure drops. Makes equipment hard to start. The converter needs a certain amount of input pressure to convert to the pressure the mixer requires.
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After Hurricane Sandy left NJ in the dark, sales of nat/gas whole house generators soared. Auto-start, integrated switch-over, endless fuel supply, and automatic periodic test runs made it a no-brainer for many people.
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