I’m a Dem here in Texas. Our wind turbines froze.

[Anonymous]

Politics and policy aside, how are the greyhounds???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Man the right wing fossil fuel sphere got out there with their message fast.
Democrats and progressives are always playing catch up.
Always trying to unring a bell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Man the right wing fossil fuel sphere got out there with their message fast.
Democrats and progressives are always playing catch up.
Always trying to unring a bell.

It’s almost like that was the state government’s priority instead of telling citizens how to stay safe.

This happened ten years ago, FERC wrote a report with a ton of recommendations, mostly “winterize your power distribution capability, FFS,” and Texas did nothing. You might recall this because Dallas in particular was a total icy mess the whole week before hosting the Super Bowl for the first time. Here’s the report; of course Texas was not required to follow the recommendations because its power grid is not regulated by the federal government. https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-04/08-16-11-report.pdf

[Anonymous]

Wow, even Sinclair-owned WJLA published this pushback on the windmill lies:
https://wjla.com/amp/news/nation-world/perry-faults-green-energy-for-outages-but-fossil-fuels-failed-too?__twitter_impression=true

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Trump's former Department of Energy cabinet chairman speaks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Freak storm. The state was not prepared but doubt Florida or AZ or southern CA are either. No state government is risk free prepared. Bringing energy in from other states may have helped unless transmission lines were down. There is always an issue to counteract the prepared. Tough situation that neither party would have addressed successfully.

That's popoycock. Being connected to the national.grid and following federal.regulatory standards would 100% have prevented this.

There is no "national grid". There is a collection of separate grids.

Which 47 of the 48 states are connected too. Guess which one isn’t?

[Anonymous]

I think it's amazing that a "Dem in texas" got their news about "frozen wind turbines" from Tucker Carlson and the right wing media complex.

Texas has completely screwed up, guess that's what happens when you keep taxes low and don't "believe" in climate change. The GOP has a lot of explaining to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Texarkana, Arkansas prepared for snow; Texarkana, Texas did not.

One side - freedom! No taxes!

Other side- taxes, infrastructure and clear roads, power and water!

I guess we’ll be prying that freedom from their cold, dead hands?

Don't worry - the Texas governor is still on his bullshit.

Sadly, she’s responding to the former Governor... and Trump’s Secretary of Energy. You can’t make this stuff up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man the right wing fossil fuel sphere got out there with their message fast.
Democrats and progressives are always playing catch up.
Always trying to unring a bell.

It’s almost like that was the state government’s priority instead of telling citizens how to stay safe.

This happened ten years ago, FERC wrote a report with a ton of recommendations, mostly “winterize your power distribution capability, FFS,” and Texas did nothing. You might recall this because Dallas in particular was a total icy mess the whole week before hosting the Super Bowl for the first time. Here’s the report; of course Texas was not required to follow the recommendations because its power grid is not regulated by the federal government. https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-04/08-16-11-report.pdf

My husband worked on that report. Last night he kept telling me that TX knew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's amazing that a "Dem in texas" got their news about "frozen wind turbines" from Tucker Carlson and the right wing media complex.

Texas has completely screwed up, guess that's what happens when you keep taxes low and don't "believe" in climate change. The GOP has a lot of explaining to do.

Clearly, they don't need to explain to their constituents. The Rs there just feed them lies, and they will keep voting R.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man the right wing fossil fuel sphere got out there with their message fast.
Democrats and progressives are always playing catch up.
Always trying to unring a bell.

It’s almost like that was the state government’s priority instead of telling citizens how to stay safe.

This happened ten years ago, FERC wrote a report with a ton of recommendations, mostly “winterize your power distribution capability, FFS,” and Texas did nothing. You might recall this because Dallas in particular was a total icy mess the whole week before hosting the Super Bowl for the first time. Here’s the report; of course Texas was not required to follow the recommendations because its power grid is not regulated by the federal government. https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-04/08-16-11-report.pdf

My husband worked on that report. Last night he kept telling me that TX knew.

Of course they knew. They actively chose this scenario. They prefferred cheaper short term electricity over long term reliability amd resiliency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man the right wing fossil fuel sphere got out there with their message fast.
Democrats and progressives are always playing catch up.
Always trying to unring a bell.

It’s almost like that was the state government’s priority instead of telling citizens how to stay safe.

This happened ten years ago, FERC wrote a report with a ton of recommendations, mostly “winterize your power distribution capability, FFS,” and Texas did nothing. You might recall this because Dallas in particular was a total icy mess the whole week before hosting the Super Bowl for the first time. Here’s the report; of course Texas was not required to follow the recommendations because its power grid is not regulated by the federal government. https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-04/08-16-11-report.pdf

My husband worked on that report. Last night he kept telling me that TX knew.

Of course they knew. They actively chose this scenario. They prefferred cheaper short term electricity over long term reliability amd resiliency.

So basically the GOP builds infrastructure like China builds buildings. Does anyone remember that school that collapsed in China that was practically built with paper clips in place of rebar and sawdust in the cement? This is that. An avoidable tragedy in support of the party’s ideals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's amazing that a "Dem in texas" got their news about "frozen wind turbines" from Tucker Carlson and the right wing media complex.

Texas has completely screwed up, guess that's what happens when you keep taxes low and don't "believe" in climate change. The GOP has a lot of explaining to do.

Yeah, OP sounds as much like a “Dem” like I sound like a Texan.

[Anonymous]

Texas has done a good job getting companies to relocate from out of state. Can't imagine this won't impact that.