pro_grammer@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTexas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energyfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1731arrow-down112
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minus-squareNapain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoshouldn’t there be an abundance of energy if its hotter?
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·1 year agoit’s texas, their power grid doesn’t work.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoThe Texan power grid works fine. It only has problems when it’s hot or cold.
minus-squareanton@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThe system works great all year round but what it delivers is not electricity…
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agowhich is probably why i think it doesn’t work. Because yknow, texas, never gets hot… Or cold…
minus-squareTexMexBazooka@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoHow is that supposed to work?
minus-squarerandon31415@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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…