Pictures from Buzzfeed of frozen everything in Texas... Was going to move there last year, got delayed... Heart goes out to them.
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It's insane. We had no power or running water today. Power is restored now, it's been on for over an hour, and Abott claims many hundreds of thousands have been restored, so I'm hoping we're one of them. Water's still out, hopefully none of the pipes froze and they're able to fill up the tanks again and begin filtration and roll it out.
Whats worse is since the water ran out, we went to the store, albeit slowly as the road conditions were abysmal, but all the shelves were bare. They had put drapes on the freezer shelves essentially meaning that there was nothing available in terms of dairy or meats, but people were going behind it and just grabbing things just in case, hoping it hadn't gone bad. There was no water.
I was there with my father, and we just decided to buy a dozen 2 litter bottles of soda to be able to flush the toilets. What the fuck is this, Venezuela?
It can't completely be blamed on wind turbines indeed, there is gross incompetence at play here, but certainly if we're on that subject, I will say that I want absolutely 0 subsidies in renewables or oil. Eliminate all the subsidies and taxes on energy, and let the free market play out. Stop with all the absurd restrictions in the name of climate, if you actually believe in that, invest in those companies that are dealing with it with your own money, and heck, you may even make a few bucks. But don't force me into paying for what you believe: that's called slavery, and it's been abolished.
Yes! Eliminate energy subsidies. This isn’t a problem of wind and solar, this is a problem of a protectionist government kowtowing to the demands of the energy industry. Adjacent states that aren’t singularly focused on enriching energy tycoons are having not near the Problems Texas is.
As America-First patriots we should all support any economically feasible energy generation projects that will contribute to American prosperity, not suck up to oil and gas companies looking to make a quick buck.
As a staunchly pro-labor conservative, I can tell you this wouldn’t have happened if our energy and housing infrastructure had been built by hard working Americans who knew that they would earn an honest wage for an honest days work. Instead we decided to pander to a few Texas Hundred+ millionaires who just wanted to make money off of selling us a necessity.
You subsidize energy extraction because that insures that there is always an adequate supply. Similar to crop subsidies. Not saying I am 100% for all energy subsidies, just saying that is why they exist.
As for why your energy infrastructure is whack it is almost always a heavy regulated mix of private and public entities. I would imagine less regulated in Texas but less regulated still means pretty darn regulated when it comes to electric and gas utilities.
Generally, I understand your point. And I agree that government policy to ensure consistent energy supply (be that direct subsidies, infrastructure improvements or whatever) is critical. But it’s tricky in practice, which it sounds like you are very well aware of.
I guess I shouldn’t have said, “end all energy subsidies.” But rather, stop making public policy decisions that benefit the providers (the extractors, generators and transmission infrastructure) at the expense of private citizens.
How many people would have reconsidered their home purchase if they knew how unreliable energy delivery was?
We all want to be small government/leave me alone conservatives (I think) but, at some point we do need minimal government to help us coordinate and efficiently manage resources so we aren’t all trying to determine if we have fossil resources in our backyards or if we have to look towards wind, solar, geothermal, etc.
Abbott, Perry, GWB, Richardson and so on sold out the people of Texas to the people making money off of the extraction, generation and transmission of energy. That was a dereliction of duty on their part.
Texas intentionally protected their energy producers and suppliers at the expense of residents. It was a criminal dereliction of duty and Abbots asinine “it’s the wind mills!” Is a cop out.