Texas Asks People to Avoid Using Their Cars

[Rotadom]

https://www.newsweek.com/texas-asks-people-avoid-using-their-cars-1909517

Texas officials are urging residents in some areas to use different modes of transportation other than their cars on Friday as ozone pollution in the state reach concerning levels.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has declared an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Galveston and Brazoria areas because of high levels of ozone, also known as smog. Officials suggested that to help reduce the pollution, people should minimize the use of their vehicles.

 

[Lazaran]

https://www.newsweek.com/texas-asks-people-avoid-using-their-cars-1909517

Texas officials are urging residents in some areas to use different modes of transportation other than their cars on Friday as ozone pollution in the state reach concerning levels.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has declared an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Galveston and Brazoria areas because of high levels of ozone, also known as smog. Officials suggested that to help reduce the pollution, people should minimize the use of their vehicles.

This is fine…

 

[domroger]

They can't use electric vehicles because the grid still has not been fixed yet.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Oh, Communist Texas makes me so mad.

 

[RoryN]

Next, they're going to tell them to keep their guns at home.

 

[Chernosoth]

Californians californied it. Later they'll be whining about the tent cities.

 

[Chernosoth]

This happened in TX.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Californians californied it. Later they'll be whining about the tent cities.

Trying to blame Californians for problems in Texas is prime lunacy. Good job.

 

[Lazaran]

Next, they're going to tell them to keep their guns at home.

Because, well, obviously:

Texas

 

[RobDownSouth]

They can't use electric vehicles because the grid still has not been fixed yet.

Someone actually came up with a new idea a couple of weeks back: Replace decades-old wrapped-steel high voltage lines (the big honkers that carry juice from the powerplant) with wrapped-carbon fiber lines. Capacity immediately increases to 150% of what is being delivered now.

This wouldn't do shit for the annual Texas Freeze(s), but it would alleviate the G-d damned "rolling blackouts" that global warming has caused in the summer here. Texas already has the capacity to GENERATE extra power in the summer, it just doesn't have the capacity to DELIVER it.

Texas governor Greg "Hotwheels Hitler" Abbott is supposedly onboard with this idea, presumably contingent on getting Hispanic Texans to actually pay for this upgrade.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Someone actually came up with a new idea a couple of weeks back: Replace decades-old wrapped-steel high voltage lines (the big honkers that carry juice from the powerplant) with wrapped-carbon fiber lines. Capacity immediately increases to 150% of what is being delivered now.

Well carbon fiber is conductive, not sure what efficiencies could be found. Carbon fibre isn't as conductive as most current metals.

This wouldn't do shit for the annual Texas Freeze(s), but it would alleviate the G-d damned "rolling blackouts" that global warming has caused in the summer here. Texas already has the capacity to GENERATE extra power in the summer, it just doesn't have the capacity to DELIVER it.

Texas needs to close the interconnects, though the other operators may not want ERCT to reconnect.Not without some major changes.

 

[dmallord]

Isn't Texas a big windmill user for electrical? Abbott could vent some steam toward them using his political winds and generate some KWs for those folks.

Or is he not on the shortlist for VP any longer?

 

[Bray123]

Maybe Cruz can check with Mexico on how they manage on his next vacation.

 

[Lazaran]

Isn't Texas a big windmill user for electrical? Abbott could vent some steam toward them using his political winds and generate some KWs for those folks.

Or is he not on the shortlist for VP any longer?

The corrupt orange traitor doesn’t like being seen with disabled veterans, so that orange POS sure as hell wouldn’t want to constantly be seen with a disabled politician.



Poor Abbott.

 

[Rotadom]

No MAGAts to be found in this thread

WE KNOW WHY

 

[dmallord]

The corrupt orange traitor doesn’t like being seen with disabled veterans, so that orange POS sure as hell wouldn’t want to constantly be seen with a disabled politician.



Poor Abbot.

My bad. I so forgot, in the moment, that Trump has a thing about being seen with people with disabilities!

Also, Greg Abbott was in a wheelchair. I went back and read a little about him. Had a job as a lawyer and was an avid jogger until a tree limb fell on him while out running. He didn't let that get him down though.

A devout Catholic, he sued the property owner over the limb falling incident and won big. Not so sure that pursuing that conviction over an act of God incident was a good decision.

Now, I get your point about not being on the VP list! Isn't it sad for both individuals?

His faith must keep him from supporting Women's rights to control their reproduction. Can't separate State from Church, I guess. That would fit right in with the current legislators in Congress, though. If he could just get out of that wheelchair ... call in a favor from on High?