Dodge going Electric

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

This article IS a very interesting read on the state of battery evolution......
As far as a time frame though, they're probably just as far off as the 50 MPG carburetor.

Or the soy bean and chemical "Beef", that "tastes just like real meat!"

[KRatcliff]

I liked the Budweiser backed urine powered battery.

[lstanford]

How in the hell are they going to charge all of these battery powered cars in Texas? They can't even heat their houses. Nobody is talking about the infrastructure to power up all of these electric vehicles. I am waiting to hear about the road tax on these vehicles since the current road tax is covered in the price of fuel. Probably something like the harbor tax on boat fuel. Uncle Joe has a lot of explaining to do. In the old days, we would say they are putting the wagon before the horse.

[John Dinkel]

How good are solar panels when they are covered with 7 inches of snow?

[340Cuda]

Originally Posted by John Dinkel

How good are solar panels when they are covered with 7 inches of snow?

About as good as a natural gas or oil well with a frozen well head. Except a broom won't fix a well head.

This weather screws most everything up.

[Randy Wells]

Originally Posted by 340Cuda

About as good as a natural gas or oil well with a frozen well head. Except a broom won't fix a well head.

This weather screws most everything up.

They have been pumping oil and gas at -50 for years. As long as you keep it flowing it will not freeze. Trans Alaska Pipeline is not heat traced.
.Randy

[340Cuda]

Originally Posted by Randy Wells

They have been pumping oil and gas at -50 for years. As long as you keep it flowing it will not freeze. Trans Alaska Pipeline is not heat traced.
.Randy

From CNBC "ENERGY U.S. oil wells, refineries shut as winter storm hits energy sector"

My post was somewhat tongue in check but it is warmer in Alaska now than in some of Texas. The Alaska pipe line was designed for these temps, the oil infrastructure in Texas is not.

This to will pass.

[Kevin Panzino]

Originally Posted by 340Cuda

About as good as a natural gas or oil well with a frozen well head. Except a broom won't fix a well head.

This weather screws most everything up.

There are no oil and gas well heads “froze.”
Have no idea what your taking about.

But Texas’ much touted “25,000 mw of wind “capacity” ( capacity being the keyword, not output) is sitting at 4,500 mw right now and that’s double what it was yesterday.
Yesterday they were over 15,000 mw’s short on supply vs demand.
The power prices down there are still maxed out at $9,000 per mw.
For reference a typical large coal fired plant can produce each mw for around $25 to $30/mw.

[340Cuda]

Originally Posted by Kevin Panzino

There are no oil and gas well heads “froze.”
.

I am not in the business, but these is from an email I got yesterday from our gas utility in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

"Why has this weather caused so many problems?
Due to the unprecedented, historically low temperatures over an extended period, we are seeing much higher natural gas use coupled with supply issues. As of this morning, our suppliers of natural gas are experiencing freezing gas wells due to the duration of the extreme cold. This is impacting the amount of gas they are able to provide to us."

I would think the same would be true in Texas.