https://reasonstobecheerful.world/texas-wind-power-renewable-energy/
"Last week, oil prices went negative. There is nowhere to store the oil being
pumped out of the ground because demand, due to the coronavirus, has collapsed.
There is less flying, less driving and fewer factories operating. So oil
producers and their financial backers have been paying folks to take their oil.
There are jokes going around that if you had a big storage tank in your
basement, you could get paid to take some oil and sell it at a huge profit
when, and if, the price goes up again.
West Texas is oil country. But there is something else going on in West Texas:
it is a world capital of wind energy. Last year, Texas got more of its energy
from wind — 23.4 percent — than any other U.S. state. In fact, if Texas were a
country (which some might argue it is) it would rank fifth in the world in wind
power generation, just behind Germany and India.
Wind in oil country may seem like a contradiction, but to Texans it makes
perfect sense."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
