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buckfoomers 5 points ago +5 / -0

So Texans have no house insulation and no thick blankets?

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buckfoomers 5 points ago +5 / -0

Nope, there's coal and gas plants taken offline by the cold weather too. They're a lot more complicated than just "burn coal, get electricity", and if they're not winterized and suddenly have to deal with winter conditions, there's going to be problems.

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GWNorthman 11 points ago +11 / -0

Canada just had three times colder temperatures. The only thing keeping our asses warm was our gas furnaces. It sure the fuck wasn't greeeeeeeen energy.

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Zskills 3 points ago +3 / -0

I'm just curious what "three times colder" means 😄

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smartass 2 points ago +2 / -0

Haha, me too.

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JungleJim 1 point ago +1 / -0

Maybe instead of -10 degrees, it's -30 degrees?

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Zskills 1 point ago +1 / -0

Maybe? I mean, Zero seems arbitrary unless you're in celcius, but even then it's pretty arbitrary.

Because I could make a pretty strong case that the border between "cold" and "warm" is about 60 degrees F. So if it's -10, then three times colder is arguably -150.

If he said 3 times hotter, there's at least an absolute temperature scale to use that starts at zero, Kelvin. But as it stands I'm confused 😋

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buckfoomers 1 point ago +1 / -0

Oh yeah, the green electricity stuff absolutely failed too, I'd assume even worse although I don't have any numbers.

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BigIronBigIron 4 points ago +4 / -0

If only these Texans had propane and propane accessories

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buckfoomers 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yes, and the preparations weren't made. They cost money and time, and it's probably cheaper for the company to just deal with it when it happens than make any changes when they might not even get winter weather.

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Zskills 3 points ago +3 / -0

laughs in north dakotan

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JungleJim 2 points ago +2 / -0

When I was a kid in Iowa, it was in the -30s, with wind chill approaching -70F. We were in our truck too. Not because we didn't have electricity. My stepdad just needed drugs. Didn't make it to the dealer though. Truck broke down in the middle if nowhere. Luckily a snow plow driver picked us up.

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MAGAlorian 1 point ago +1 / -0

"A dark winter."