pro_grammer@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTexas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energyfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up1731arrow-down112cross-posted to: texas@lemmy.world
arrow-up1719arrow-down1external-linkTexas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energyfortune.compro_grammer@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square168fedilinkcross-posted to: texas@lemmy.world
minus-squareNapain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoshouldn’t there be an abundance of energy if its hotter?
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·1 month agoit’s texas, their power grid doesn’t work.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 month agoThe Texan power grid works fine. It only has problems when it’s hot or cold.
minus-squareanton@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoThe system works great all year round but what it delivers is not electricity…
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agowhich is probably why i think it doesn’t work. Because yknow, texas, never gets hot… Or cold…
minus-squareTexMexBazooka@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoHow is that supposed to work?
minus-squarerandon31415@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoTemperature is the measure of average thermal kinetic energy of particles…
shouldn’t there be an abundance of energy if its hotter?
it’s texas, their power grid doesn’t work.
The Texan power grid works fine. It only has problems when it’s hot or cold.
The system works great all year round but what it delivers is not electricity…
which is probably why i think it doesn’t work.
Because yknow, texas, never gets hot… Or cold…
How is that supposed to work?
Temperature is the measure of average thermal kinetic energy of particles…