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Garcia should be back in that mix also this year

https://www.mlb.com/astros/news/kendall-graveman-undergoes-right-shoulder-surgery This guy has never impressed me very much even less so now

The situation on the Texas power grid this week is going to be a crucial test not just for the grid’s managers at ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas), but also for natural gas suppliers and generators. As weather conditions continued to evolve and deteriorate across the state, ERCOT has issued a conservation request to business and private customers to be in effect from 6am to 10am CST, a time of peak power demand and low renewable production. ERCOT’s request blamed the latest failure of the state’s huge wind industry on “unseasonably low wind” conditions, but the reality that the wind tends to die down as temperatures drop is one of the most open secrets in the history of weather. ERCOT officials cannot control weather conditions, obviously, but they can anticipate they will get a lot less wind contribution than their models predict whenever the weather is not ideal. That’s just a given. Equally obvious is the fact that they will get zero generation from the state’s ballyhooed solar farms when the sun isn’t shining, and ERCOT’s managers should have learned last summer that the battery storage facilities will also fail to deliver much whenever the weather is too hot or, as it is this week, too cold. The state’s generation mix taken from ERCOT’s app at 7:19am. Monday tells that story pretty clearly. What we see is 0 per cent contribution from solar, 0.8 per cent from power storage, and just 6.8 per cent from wind. Meanwhile, the “fossil fuels” so detested by the state’s legacy media sites were kicking in 84.9 per cent of total generation, with a whopping 67.2 per cent coming from the state’s natural gas industry. So, as is always the case on the Texas grid despite all the renewables-boosting propaganda from the state and national media, the situation for consumers will come down to whether natural gas producers can keep their wells pumping, natural gas pipeline companies can keep the gas flowing through their pipelines, and natural gas power generators can prevent their plants from freezing up. A lot of that failed to happen during Winter Storm Uri in February, 2021, and massive blackouts lasting for days at a time resulted in the deaths of 300 or more of my fellow Texans. The problem was made a lot worse back then because ERCOT turned off the electricity to wells, compressors, and pipelines. ERCOT, Texas regulators, and the industry itself have worked to get grid-critical sites properly identified since 2021 to prevent that mistake from happening again. If that claim is accurate, then the grid should be able to maintain service to all Texas customers during this severe weather event. If that claim is not accurate, then there could be trouble. But the bottom line here in either event is clear: The success or failure of the Texas power grid when the chips are down is entirely related to the performance not of renewables, but natural gas. This is a time for the industry to shine. All Texans should be grateful to the thousands of men and women working in the gas industry to make that happen.

https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards As long as Texas maintains their Natural Gas Power Plants along with Nuclear they will be fine, I was watching the grid this morning because I am retired and don't have much else to do and Solar was at zero % as it should be but wind was also down. Wind is up right now but between NG, Coal and Nuclear they where providing almost 80% with NG providing 64%. There is no way green can provide anywhere close to reliable 24 hour electricity. One day Nuclear can provide most but that day is a long way off

Well there is at least two I know that is leaving he will have to replace maybe a third.

Now we did borrow two or three from EF

LOL we didn't have a single player from Louisiana when we won both state championships

LOL it is right up against it

I don't know him but I know he had good success at Joaquin

He will have his work cut out for him, I believe we lost a good one in Greg but got a good one in Wade

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=928754639250072&set=a.538709511587922 Waskom ISD is proud to announce Wade Lawson from Joaquin ISD as the Athletic Director/Head Football Coach for the Wildcats. Coach Lawson has spent 9 years in Joaquin as the Rams Athletic Director/Head Football Coach.

The judge should serve a bit of that time himself unless the law said he had to release that drunk

‘Too Big To Cancel’ – Elon Musk Is Once Again World’s Richest Person Go to Article Democrats furious Musk crowned once more as the world’s richest person as the Biden administration weaponizes federal agencies against the billionaire The 500 billionaires on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index added $1.5 trillion in net worth in 2023, fully recovering $1.4 trillion lost last year. Their fortunes surged due to the strong performance of tech stocks despite elevated inflation, recession fears, high interest rates, and increasing war risks worldwide. Elon Musk reclaimed the title of the world’s richest person, surpassing Bernard Arnault, French CEO of luxury-goods conglomerate LVMH. Musk is set to end the year with a net worth of $232.4 billion, a $95.4 billion increase year-to-date. His net worth is closely tied to the performance of Tesla shares, which are up more than 100% this year. Arnault is next on the list as the second wealthiest person in the world, with a net worth of $179 billion. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is number three with a net worth of $178.3 billion, and Bill Gates number four at $140.5 billion. Despite Arnault’s net wealth hitting a new record high this year, the Federal Reserve’s most aggressive interest rate hiking cycle in a generation has dented the fortunes of the top five on the Bloomberg list. The Fed pivot, with rate traders now pricing in well over six cuts through the end of 2024, helped unleash a stock market rally; in return, the net wealth of the top billionaires moved higher in recent months. Democrats are furious Musk is crowned once more as the world’s richest person as the Biden administration weaponizes federal agencies against the billionaire.

Maybe so but they would be the last to believe that this could happen

You can see why these people hate Trump he would throw a wrench into the narrative

They have some good ones and they are free for the most part with ads

You will never in these days see a big budget film like that, they would make the good guys the enemy, I did like the film

Low budget but right on how things could happen. I would probably make it about a month or so without electricity blood pressure medicine would run out and a stroke would kill me before the UN got to me. I have about 20 rounds probably wouldn't make much of a difference.

I got a free ad remover...lol

Not if you got a ad remover...lol

They are doing interviews now and should know something the first of the year.

If your from Waskom like me you start a thread that says we are down but not out and list all the reason why we are not out, doesn't even make one page....

We put on our hoodies of depression and go into deep seclusion

I don't know half of those teams but I do like Pigskin.com they have a lot of info they saved me on 6 man football

That was a big play SOC wasn't even in position yet