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"Sun zero in Texas. What’s going on!? " Climate change  | |||
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"Grid can't handle the heating demands." Texans generally heat their home with electricity. Northeast we use gas it is more reliable. They fired up some coal gen plants here to meet demands. | |||
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"Always wanted to go to Texas. " Lol not now. If you want to sit in the dark in artic temps. It has to be harsh for them atm. | |||
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"Always wanted to go to Texas. " Its a great place and some hot women.  | |||
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"World wide there is a huge risk relying on wind and solar power, often the coldest weather coincides with no wind and snow plus short days, of course germany is shutting down its nuclear power stations and its coal ones too in the long run to rely on russian gas, merkel is not going to be looked back on favourable by germans if we have a severe winter, at least trump made the usa fuel independent " We have friends in Texas they saying wind turbines are frozen. | |||
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"Bet all those greta lovers have their heating turned up full bore, not worried about burning fossil fuels now." Lol right pissed off Texans atm. | |||
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"Always wanted to go to Texas. Its a great place and some hot women. "Sounds like their cold now  | |||
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"The Electricity we use is from a 100% green and no carbon offsetting company. It's also cheaper than the big 5 in the UK. Get with the right people and you can manage it. "US different we get worse weather. That is a fact. | |||
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"The Electricity we use is from a 100% green and no carbon offsetting company. It's also cheaper than the big 5 in the UK. Get with the right people and you can manage it.
US different we get worse weather. That is a fact. "Tornados hurricanes blizzards electricity can't keep up with demand. They fired up coal generation plants where I live so people don't freeze to death. So how are the climate accords supposed to help again ? You have none of those natural events. | |||
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"We also didn't deny climate change either. Your lier in chief did.." That's is the UK choice not ours. As you can plainly see people suffering because of changes. I choose people over something that is not definitive too our countries needs. | |||
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"We also didn't deny climate change either. Your lier in chief did.. That's is the UK choice not ours. As you can plainly see people suffering because of changes. I choose people over something that is not definitive too our countries needs." Climate change impacts everyone. Regardless if they understand the science behind it or not. | |||
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"this is clearly the problem with a state run by extremist right wing climate science deniers." https://www.inspirecleanenergy.com/blog/clean-energy-101/which-states-produce-the-most-wind-energy Doesn't work during severe weather now does it. | |||
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"this is clearly the problem with a state run by extremist right wing climate science deniers. https://www.inspirecleanenergy.com/blog/clean-energy-101/which-states-produce-the-most-wind-energy Doesn't work during severe weather now does it. " The key to renewable energy is to combine wind, geothermal, tidal, solar, water turbines, etc etc. Even nuclear. Obviously some depend on the location. No one is suggesting wind alone can do the job. | |||
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"Grid can't handle the heating demands. Texans generally heat their home with electricity. Northeast we use gas it is more reliable. They fired up some coal gen plants here to meet demands." I'm surprised they don't use oil  | |||
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"Grid can't handle the heating demands. Texans generally heat their home with electricity. Northeast we use gas it is more reliable. They fired up some coal gen plants here to meet demands. I'm surprised they don't use oil "They have their own electrical grid. They trying to go green but it's failing miserably. | |||
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"Grid can't handle the heating demands. Texans generally heat their home with electricity. Northeast we use gas it is more reliable. They fired up some coal gen plants here to meet demands. I'm surprised they don't use oil
They have their own electrical grid. They trying to go green but it's failing miserably."Green is good but it's hard work, we burn wood from a sustainable forest, it's time consuming and messy but it's warm and never seems to run out | |||
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"Grid can't handle the heating demands. Texans generally heat their home with electricity. Northeast we use gas it is more reliable. They fired up some coal gen plants here to meet demands. I'm surprised they don't use oil
They have their own electrical grid. They trying to go green but it's failing miserably.
Green is good but it's hard work, we burn wood from a sustainable forest, it's time consuming and messy but it's warm and never seems to run out "Natural gas we use we are nice and toasty. | |||
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"You have none of those natural events." really? it was -23c last week in some parts of the uk. in fact, it was in the part where renewable enrgy production is concentrated and they still managed to produce power with no issues. the problem for Texicans is that their grid run by ERCOT is independent from the feds and is a republican climate science denying quango which is inherently unfit for purpose, as displayed by the oil, coal and nuclear power stations shutting down because they haven't bothered to implement changes to mitigate the effects of severe weather incidents. the more that climate science deniers burn fossil fuels, the more severe the weather events have become. it's a zero sum game. | |||
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"You have none of those natural events. really? it was -23c last week in some parts of the uk. in fact, it was in the part where renewable enrgy production is concentrated and they still managed to produce power with no issues. the problem for Texicans is that their grid run by ERCOT is independent from the feds and is a republican climate science denying quango which is inherently unfit for purpose, as displayed by the oil, coal and nuclear power stations shutting down because they haven't bothered to implement changes to mitigate the effects of severe weather incidents. the more that climate science deniers burn fossil fuels, the more severe the weather events have become. it's a zero sum game." . Yet UK top exports are cars gas turbines and crude oil. Not very environmentally friendly are they. | |||
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"It's not working well for Texas at the moment. Rolling blackout's in Sub-Zero temps." It’s one of those right wing myths again...... 1) the energy Texas has lost thru the wind turbines being frozen accounts for about 16 gigawatts of the lost.... the rest of the loss, which is about 35 gigawatts, comes from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear plants not working.... 2) Texas went cheap on the type of wind turbine blades they used..... in Iowa, in Minnesota, in canada, in Sweden and in Denmark, the turbines they use are coated with material which means they don’t freeze It was just a chance to have a jab at the green new deal, which isn’t law or policy, and have a go at other states for having higher environmental standards like california | |||
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"It's not working well for Texas at the moment. Rolling blackout's in Sub-Zero temps. It’s one of those right wing myths again...... 1) the energy Texas has lost thru the wind turbines being frozen accounts for about 16 gigawatts of the lost.... the rest of the loss, which is about 35 gigawatts, comes from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear plants not working.... 2) Texas went cheap on the type of wind turbine blades they used..... in Iowa, in Minnesota, in canada, in Sweden and in Denmark, the turbines they use are coated with material which means they don’t freeze It was just a chance to have a jab at the green new deal, which isn’t law or policy, and have a go at other states for having higher environmental standards like california" It is a jab when the coal gen plants that were shutdown because of federal guidelines could have kept demand. Coal doesn't freeze. | |||
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"It's not working well for Texas at the moment. Rolling blackout's in Sub-Zero temps. It’s one of those right wing myths again...... 1) the energy Texas has lost thru the wind turbines being frozen accounts for about 16 gigawatts of the lost.... the rest of the loss, which is about 35 gigawatts, comes from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear plants not working.... 2) Texas went cheap on the type of wind turbine blades they used..... in Iowa, in Minnesota, in canada, in Sweden and in Denmark, the turbines they use are coated with material which means they don’t freeze It was just a chance to have a jab at the green new deal, which isn’t law or policy, and have a go at other states for having higher environmental standards like california It is a jab when the coal gen plants that were shutdown because of federal guidelines could have kept demand. Coal doesn't freeze." No but it contributes to climate change which exacerbates freak weather conditions. | |||
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"It's not working well for Texas at the moment. Rolling blackout's in Sub-Zero temps. It’s one of those right wing myths again...... 1) the energy Texas has lost thru the wind turbines being frozen accounts for about 16 gigawatts of the lost.... the rest of the loss, which is about 35 gigawatts, comes from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear plants not working.... 2) Texas went cheap on the type of wind turbine blades they used..... in Iowa, in Minnesota, in canada, in Sweden and in Denmark, the turbines they use are coated with material which means they don’t freeze It was just a chance to have a jab at the green new deal, which isn’t law or policy, and have a go at other states for having higher environmental standards like california It is a jab when the coal gen plants that were shutdown because of federal guidelines could have kept demand. Coal doesn't freeze. No but it contributes to climate change which exacerbates freak weather conditions." Watching my feeds from friends there atm they not worried about what source of heat matters atm. | |||
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"It's not working well for Texas at the moment. Rolling blackout's in Sub-Zero temps. It’s one of those right wing myths again...... 1) the energy Texas has lost thru the wind turbines being frozen accounts for about 16 gigawatts of the lost.... the rest of the loss, which is about 35 gigawatts, comes from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear plants not working.... 2) Texas went cheap on the type of wind turbine blades they used..... in Iowa, in Minnesota, in canada, in Sweden and in Denmark, the turbines they use are coated with material which means they don’t freeze It was just a chance to have a jab at the green new deal, which isn’t law or policy, and have a go at other states for having higher environmental standards like california It is a jab when the coal gen plants that were shutdown because of federal guidelines could have kept demand. Coal doesn't freeze. No but it contributes to climate change which exacerbates freak weather conditions. Watching my feeds from friends there atm they not worried about what source of heat matters atm." Is the power out? | |||
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"It's not working well for Texas at the moment. Rolling blackout's in Sub-Zero temps. It’s one of those right wing myths again...... 1) the energy Texas has lost thru the wind turbines being frozen accounts for about 16 gigawatts of the lost.... the rest of the loss, which is about 35 gigawatts, comes from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear plants not working.... 2) Texas went cheap on the type of wind turbine blades they used..... in Iowa, in Minnesota, in canada, in Sweden and in Denmark, the turbines they use are coated with material which means they don’t freeze It was just a chance to have a jab at the green new deal, which isn’t law or policy, and have a go at other states for having higher environmental standards like california It is a jab when the coal gen plants that were shutdown because of federal guidelines could have kept demand. Coal doesn't freeze. No but it contributes to climate change which exacerbates freak weather conditions. Watching my feeds from friends there atm they not worried about what source of heat matters atm. Is the power out?" Yes | |||
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"It's not working well for Texas at the moment. Rolling blackout's in Sub-Zero temps. It’s one of those right wing myths again...... 1) the energy Texas has lost thru the wind turbines being frozen accounts for about 16 gigawatts of the lost.... the rest of the loss, which is about 35 gigawatts, comes from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear plants not working.... 2) Texas went cheap on the type of wind turbine blades they used..... in Iowa, in Minnesota, in canada, in Sweden and in Denmark, the turbines they use are coated with material which means they don’t freeze It was just a chance to have a jab at the green new deal, which isn’t law or policy, and have a go at other states for having higher environmental standards like california It is a jab when the coal gen plants that were shutdown because of federal guidelines could have kept demand. Coal doesn't freeze. No but it contributes to climate change which exacerbates freak weather conditions. Watching my feeds from friends there atm they not worried about what source of heat matters atm. Is the power out? Yes " And the company in Texas that operates the electricity infrastructure relies mainly on natural gas... the other forms are additions to this... they have failed more as larger part of what is produced than solar and wind energy has.... | |||
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"It's not working well for Texas at the moment. Rolling blackout's in Sub-Zero temps. It’s one of those right wing myths again...... 1) the energy Texas has lost thru the wind turbines being frozen accounts for about 16 gigawatts of the lost.... the rest of the loss, which is about 35 gigawatts, comes from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear plants not working.... 2) Texas went cheap on the type of wind turbine blades they used..... in Iowa, in Minnesota, in canada, in Sweden and in Denmark, the turbines they use are coated with material which means they don’t freeze It was just a chance to have a jab at the green new deal, which isn’t law or policy, and have a go at other states for having higher environmental standards like california It is a jab when the coal gen plants that were shutdown because of federal guidelines could have kept demand. Coal doesn't freeze. No but it contributes to climate change which exacerbates freak weather conditions. Watching my feeds from friends there atm they not worried about what source of heat matters atm. Is the power out? Yes And the company in Texas that operates the electricity infrastructure relies mainly on natural gas... the other forms are additions to this... they have failed more as larger part of what is produced than solar and wind energy has...." So this problem has very little to do with renewable energy? | |||
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"It's not working well for Texas at the moment. Rolling blackout's in Sub-Zero temps. It’s one of those right wing myths again...... 1) the energy Texas has lost thru the wind turbines being frozen accounts for about 16 gigawatts of the lost.... the rest of the loss, which is about 35 gigawatts, comes from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear plants not working.... 2) Texas went cheap on the type of wind turbine blades they used..... in Iowa, in Minnesota, in canada, in Sweden and in Denmark, the turbines they use are coated with material which means they don’t freeze It was just a chance to have a jab at the green new deal, which isn’t law or policy, and have a go at other states for having higher environmental standards like california It is a jab when the coal gen plants that were shutdown because of federal guidelines could have kept demand. Coal doesn't freeze. No but it contributes to climate change which exacerbates freak weather conditions. Watching my feeds from friends there atm they not worried about what source of heat matters atm. Is the power out? Yes And the company in Texas that operates the electricity infrastructure relies mainly on natural gas... the other forms are additions to this... they have failed more as larger part of what is produced than solar and wind energy has.... So this problem has very little to do with renewable energy?" All energy | |||
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"Bet all those greta lovers have their heating turned up full bore, not worried about burning fossil fuels now." yes, cold and hunger are always the tester of principles  | |||
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"To be honest when we were in the states in 2012 I was surprised by the state of much of the infrastructure, power cables in particular, it was a couple of weeks after hurricane sandy though" Infrastructure needs help in certain areas. But our state still uses coal no issues. | |||
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"This has nothing whatsoever to do with green energy outside out the Fox news bubble. In the real world this is the deregulated Texas energy grid not prepared for an extreme weather event." This..... What the deregulation in effect happened was that Texas was no longer part of the national power grid network.... so where other states were there to help california as much as they could, Texas electricity is a stand alone entity Cost cutting, corner cutting, infrastructure cutting..... | |||
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"To be honest when we were in the states in 2012 I was surprised by the state of much of the infrastructure, power cables in particular, it was a couple of weeks after hurricane sandy though Infrastructure needs help in certain areas. But our state still uses coal no issues." Funny how the usa gets slated for still burning coal yet the same people dont seem to be so.vocal.about china building large numbers of coal fired power stations. Also the madness of germany shutting down their nuclear plants and end up in hock to russia for their gas supplies | |||
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"To be honest when we were in the states in 2012 I was surprised by the state of much of the infrastructure, power cables in particular, it was a couple of weeks after hurricane sandy though Infrastructure needs help in certain areas. But our state still uses coal no issues. Funny how the usa gets slated for still burning coal yet the same people dont seem to be so.vocal.about china building large numbers of coal fired power stations. Also the madness of germany shutting down their nuclear plants and end up in hock to russia for their gas supplies " And chinese windfarms in Texas is hilarious. | |||
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"This has nothing whatsoever to do with green energy outside out the Fox news bubble. In the real world this is the deregulated Texas energy grid not prepared for an extreme weather event. This..... What the deregulation in effect happened was that Texas was no longer part of the national power grid network.... so where other states were there to help california as much as they could, Texas electricity is a stand alone entity Cost cutting, corner cutting, infrastructure cutting....." And lies, lots of lies. | |||
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"To be honest when we were in the states in 2012 I was surprised by the state of much of the infrastructure, power cables in particular, it was a couple of weeks after hurricane sandy though Infrastructure needs help in certain areas. But our state still uses coal no issues. Funny how the usa gets slated for still burning coal yet the same people dont seem to be so.vocal.about china building large numbers of coal fired power stations. Also the madness of germany shutting down their nuclear plants and end up in hock to russia for their gas supplies And chinese windfarms in Texas is hilarious." Why? | |||
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"To be honest when we were in the states in 2012 I was surprised by the state of much of the infrastructure, power cables in particular, it was a couple of weeks after hurricane sandy though Infrastructure needs help in certain areas. But our state still uses coal no issues. Funny how the usa gets slated for still burning coal yet the same people dont seem to be so.vocal.about china building large numbers of coal fired power stations. Also the madness of germany shutting down their nuclear plants and end up in hock to russia for their gas supplies " So in a thread about power problems in the US. You want people to concentrate their conversation on China? | |||
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"To be honest when we were in the states in 2012 I was surprised by the state of much of the infrastructure, power cables in particular, it was a couple of weeks after hurricane sandy though Infrastructure needs help in certain areas. But our state still uses coal no issues. Funny how the usa gets slated for still burning coal yet the same people dont seem to be so.vocal.about china building large numbers of coal fired power stations. Also the madness of germany shutting down their nuclear plants and end up in hock to russia for their gas supplies So in a thread about power problems in the US. You want people to concentrate their conversation on China? " Lol no just find it funny did not know that China has their fingers in Texas. Just laughing on comments from vet pages from the vets who are there. | |||
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"https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/world/climate-hypocrites-uk-canada-norway-intl/index.html Oooo CNN called you out damn climate Hippocrates. "Hypocrites.... | |||
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"Like I said Paris climate accords a paper tiger that can not be enforced. It's a joke atm." Definitely it's too weak. But it's the best they could do with 195 different nation states, each with their own issues and agendas. | |||
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"who the fuck can pick up a hippo in a crate? "Ik right they they the deadliest land animal. Not touching that crate | |||
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"To be honest when we were in the states in 2012 I was surprised by the state of much of the infrastructure, power cables in particular, it was a couple of weeks after hurricane sandy though Infrastructure needs help in certain areas. But our state still uses coal no issues. Funny how the usa gets slated for still burning coal yet the same people dont seem to be so.vocal.about china building large numbers of coal fired power stations. Also the madness of germany shutting down their nuclear plants and end up in hock to russia for their gas supplies So in a thread about power problems in the US. You want people to concentrate their conversation on China? Lol no just find it funny did not know that China has their fingers in Texas. Just laughing on comments from vet pages from the vets who are there." I was replying to the "what about China" post when talking about coal fired power. China has some cutting edge tech for renewable energy generation. | |||
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"Like I said Paris climate accords a paper tiger that can not be enforced. It's a joke atm. Definitely it's too weak. But it's the best they could do with 195 different nation states, each with their own issues and agendas. " yeah we need a super brussels to tell all the elected governments a round the world what they should and shouldnt do....and if they dont comply? bully them until they do while saying were against bullying! | |||
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"Like I said Paris climate accords a paper tiger that can not be enforced. It's a joke atm. Definitely it's too weak. But it's the best they could do with 195 different nation states, each with their own issues and agendas. " I agree but don't shutdown revenue to reach those goals are kind of self inflicted. This mad rush for green energy is insane. Gradual goals are better acceptable. As you can see what is happening in Texas. Let the technology catch up to the goals needed. People don't need to suffer. | |||
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"Like I said Paris climate accords a paper tiger that can not be enforced. It's a joke atm. Definitely it's too weak. But it's the best they could do with 195 different nation states, each with their own issues and agendas. I agree but don't shutdown revenue to reach those goals are kind of self inflicted. This mad rush for green energy is insane. Gradual goals are better acceptable. As you can see what is happening in Texas. Let the technology catch up to the goals needed. People don't need to suffer." The US gives 4 to 5 billion dollars in subsidies to the fossil fuels industry, annually. They could easily redirect this to the renewables industry in a phased approach. But the political will to stand up to the oil industry just doesn't exist. The science on climate change has been well understood since the '80s. | |||
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"Like I said Paris climate accords a paper tiger that can not be enforced. It's a joke atm. Definitely it's too weak. But it's the best they could do with 195 different nation states, each with their own issues and agendas. I agree but don't shutdown revenue to reach those goals are kind of self inflicted. This mad rush for green energy is insane. Gradual goals are better acceptable. As you can see what is happening in Texas. Let the technology catch up to the goals needed. People don't need to suffer. The US gives 4 to 5 billion dollars in subsidies to the fossil fuels industry, annually. They could easily redirect this to the renewables industry in a phased approach. But the political will to stand up to the oil industry just doesn't exist. The science on climate change has been well understood since the '80s." We can't even pay for covid relief without going into more debt. | |||
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"Like I said Paris climate accords a paper tiger that can not be enforced. It's a joke atm. Definitely it's too weak. But it's the best they could do with 195 different nation states, each with their own issues and agendas. I agree but don't shutdown revenue to reach those goals are kind of self inflicted. This mad rush for green energy is insane. Gradual goals are better acceptable. As you can see what is happening in Texas. Let the technology catch up to the goals needed. People don't need to suffer. The US gives 4 to 5 billion dollars in subsidies to the fossil fuels industry, annually. They could easily redirect this to the renewables industry in a phased approach. But the political will to stand up to the oil industry just doesn't exist. The science on climate change has been well understood since the '80s. We can't even pay for covid relief without going into more debt." Redirect some of the $4 or $5 billion that gets handed to oil companies. | |||
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"Like I said Paris climate accords a paper tiger that can not be enforced. It's a joke atm. Definitely it's too weak. But it's the best they could do with 195 different nation states, each with their own issues and agendas. I agree but don't shutdown revenue to reach those goals are kind of self inflicted. This mad rush for green energy is insane. Gradual goals are better acceptable. As you can see what is happening in Texas. Let the technology catch up to the goals needed. People don't need to suffer. The US gives 4 to 5 billion dollars in subsidies to the fossil fuels industry, annually. They could easily redirect this to the renewables industry in a phased approach. But the political will to stand up to the oil industry just doesn't exist. The science on climate change has been well understood since the '80s. We can't even pay for covid relief without going into more debt. Redirect some of the $4 or $5 billion that gets handed to oil companies. " That money a joke here alot more landmass to cover. | |||
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"Like I said Paris climate accords a paper tiger that can not be enforced. It's a joke atm." That is why it was madness for trump to pull out.. a country set its own target.. and it wasn’t legally binding! It’s just that some countries and areas treated it more seriously than others... Or maybe it was the point that the trump administration cared so little they didn’t even pretend about it! | |||
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"Like I said Paris climate accords a paper tiger that can not be enforced. It's a joke atm. That is why it was madness for trump to pull out.. a country set its own target.. and it wasn’t legally binding! It’s just that some countries and areas treated it more seriously than others... Or maybe it was the point that the trump administration cared so little they didn’t even pretend about it!" Anyone who tried to talk to him about climate change always reported the same outcome. "He just doesn't understand". | |||
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"Like I said Paris climate accords a paper tiger that can not be enforced. It's a joke atm. That is why it was madness for trump to pull out.. a country set its own target.. and it wasn’t legally binding! It’s just that some countries and areas treated it more seriously than others... Or maybe it was the point that the trump administration cared so little they didn’t even pretend about it!" The last Republican that gave a damn about environmental issues was Nixon. | |||
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"it appears that the texicans have got the electricity grid that they deserve, excepting places like El Paso which is having no problem whatsoever on account of being one of the few places that is connected to the western grid instead of ERCOT's failed GOP anti-climate science grid and is receiving its electricity from federal renwables produced in So-Cal. it seems republicans in texas need to wise up and actually invest in their infrastructure for a change instead of blaming everything and everyone else. " El Paso city council specifically said no to Texas deregulation (probably because it is so far away from everywhere else!) which is why they are connected to the national grid, and they are okay! ERCOT’s latest statement is that they should have enough repaired overnight that they can spread the pain and go into planned rolling blackouts, that is how bad the situation is... it’s not going to warm up till at least Saturday afternoon! This is a massive mess. Texas basically runs on 20% wind, 40% gas, 20% coal, 15% nuclear and 5% solar..... 10% off the wind infrastructure is off... 35% off the rest combined of it is off! It is so bad that people in Texas near the Mexican border are going across and getting hotel rooms to stay! | |||
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"Of interest? - "The UK’s first homes with appliances fuelled entirely by hydrogen are set to be built in the North East. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced that new homes will be constructed in Gateshead as part of a programme to showcase the potential of hydrogen to replace existing fuels. The properties will be built in the Low Thornley area as part of the government’s Hy4Heat initiative to reduce carbon emissions." (Bdaily news today) " Yes I read about that. Very interesting. | |||
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"Like I said Paris climate accords a paper tiger that can not be enforced. It's a joke atm. Definitely it's too weak. But it's the best they could do with 195 different nation states, each with their own issues and agendas. I agree but don't shutdown revenue to reach those goals are kind of self inflicted. This mad rush for green energy is insane. Gradual goals are better acceptable. As you can see what is happening in Texas. Let the technology catch up to the goals needed. People don't need to suffer." The solution to immediate need to reduce global heating is to wait  . Whatever is not done now makes things exponentially harder in the medium/longer term, or makes it impossible to achieve. Global heating is a major problem today and will imminently become more catastrophic unless significant mitigating measures are taken. Burying heads in the sand doesn't make the problem go away | |||
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"the US of A has come to it's senses and returned back to the Paris Climate Pact. this is clearly excellent news for all americans, especially texicans after they have come to realise that republican managed energy generation and supply is an utter fiasco and so unfit for purpose it actually gets people killed. meanwhile, in cancun, ted cruz stretches out by the pool drinking margurittas and laughing at republican voters literally freezing, starving and de-hydrating to death. welcome to 21st century GOP run america." Because democrats do it so much better? | |||
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"the US of A has come to it's senses and returned back to the Paris Climate Pact. this is clearly excellent news for all americans, especially texicans after they have come to realise that republican managed energy generation and supply is an utter fiasco and so unfit for purpose it actually gets people killed. meanwhile, in cancun, ted cruz stretches out by the pool drinking margurittas and laughing at republican voters literally freezing, starving and de-hydrating to death. welcome to 21st century GOP run america." Like you said it was a grid failure due to wells freezing and no other means of electric output. They will fix it hopefully Fossil fuel backup. Just receiving the same storm no issues gas heat. Windmills on the mountain here are at a dead stop. All good 3 neighbors are safe. With their oil furnaces.No freezing here *Turns heat up* and puts on bikini. | |||
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"Like you said it was a grid failure due to wells freezing and no other means of electric output." i haven't said that ... you have | |||
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