Montecfo
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They are a leader in wind but the growth of wind power has created capacity issues, because wind power is not persistent. It is in fact weather dependent and lulls after weather events or on hot summer days create brownout risk and calls to conserve.I was thinking that Texas had quite a bit of wind. I recall T Boone Pickens wanted to produce wind electricity in the "wind corridor" and integrate it into the grid and save nat. gas for ICE fuel. Nat Gas is a truly elegant fuel and should not just be burned for electricity. Burning Nat Gas in ICE cars is much cleaner than gasoline and has very few issues OTHER than a lack of fueling stations. THAT issue should be easier than electrifying. It only takes a few minutes to fuel with Nat Gas but 20 to 40 minutes for a full charge of electricity at most charging stations. SO, 3 "pumps" of Nat Gas is roughly the equivalent of a typical charging station with 20 charge connectors. Converting a car to Nat Gas is fairly easy and relatively inexpensive.
Point I was going for is that I really thought Texas was a leader in wind - probably beginning with T. Boone Pickens efforts.
These developments are relatively new for Texas but have become more common. Electrifying autos no doubt adds to the challenge.
You make a good point on natural gas as a surface fuel. Cheap, abundant clean burning and adds to fuel diversity. No concerning supply chain issues. These are more prominent in the rest of the world.