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When you go to turn on your solar panels and wind turbine in Texas in February. (media.patriots.win)
posted ago by Hawaii4-5 ago by Hawaii4-5 +3060 / -3
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– ADAM_SCHITT 5 points ago +5 / -0

I doubt the energy companies would have winterized shit if the government stayed out. This would have been a once in a lifetime scenario that would have been "completely impractical" to solve.

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– this_mortal_coil 3 points ago +3 / -0

This. TX is not monolithic. If some plants or lines went down, power from other places could have been shunted to where it was needed. Shuttered plants down produce any power though, it turns out.

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