pro_grammer@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTexas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energyfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up1731arrow-down113
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minus-squareNapain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoshouldn’t there be an abundance of energy if its hotter?
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·4 months agoit’s texas, their power grid doesn’t work.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·4 months agoThe Texan power grid works fine. It only has problems when it’s hot or cold.
minus-squareanton@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoThe system works great all year round but what it delivers is not electricity…
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agowhich is probably why i think it doesn’t work. Because yknow, texas, never gets hot… Or cold…
minus-squareTexMexBazooka@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoHow is that supposed to work?
minus-squarerandon31415@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months 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…