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FuckReddit4545 69 points ago +69 / -0

Why ask for a waiver? Take immediate action in an emergency, then promptly tell the feds to fuck off.

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CovefeMonk 33 points ago +33 / -0

This is the way

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PrezElectHamsandwich 5 points ago +5 / -0

This is the way

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Nori 26 points ago +26 / -0

Yeah. Lives were at stake… why ask? States need to get a backbone because otherwise the feds are gonna walk all over them

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TAIWANNUMBERONE 10 points ago +10 / -0

Because the local governments were compromised too.

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kornesque 7 points ago +7 / -0

Bowie is approaching hypersonic rolling in his grave right now...

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NorthwoodsCentepede 3 points ago +3 / -0

Hook a generator up to him... free green energy!!!

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ProudWhiteMan 6 points ago +6 / -0

Yep that was a case to is better to ask for forgiveness than permission. Actually just fuck the biden administration but this may be just typical political posturing by both sides which really fucks the tax payer and gives a tragedy for politicians to talk about next election cycle

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CrackerJack2 22 points ago +23 / -1

Crazy "Green" guys.
They call themselves Green, yet they're for the exact opposite.
In reality, CO2 adds to the World's greenness, by giving trees and other plants this rare gas they crave.

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DudePlayingaDude 19 points ago +19 / -0

Greenies kill. It's what they do. Look at the famines they created when some lefty smooth brainiac came up with the idea that using four units of energy to produce one unit of ethanol from corn was a good idea.

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ProudWhiteMan 4 points ago +4 / -0

Well ethanol is the baking soda to gasoline's cocaine.

They needed something cheaper to cut the product with.

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BabyTrump 10 points ago +10 / -0

They're watermelons. Green on the outside, red on the inside.

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NullifyAndSecede 7 points ago +9 / -2

The State is, and always has been, the great single enemy of the human race, its liberty, happiness, and progress. - Murray Rothbard

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TAIWANNUMBERONE 1 point ago +1 / -0

Did you know the term "greenhouse gas" used to refer to the type of gas you'd need to pump into a greenhouse to keep the plants from dying?

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Leatherwood 13 points ago +13 / -0

EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, INCLUDING THOSE IN TEXAS, NEEDS TO BE PROSECUTED FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.

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Willholbert09 4 points ago +4 / -0

class action law suit.

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Barbs 6 points ago +14 / -8

The waiver wasn’t denied, sheesh.

That 60% thing was ERCOT telling the Feds that without those additional (non-compliant) generators they literally didn’t have enough power to go around, and were facing a massive shortfall of generation capacity. They weren’t capped by the Feds, they were capped by the disaster disabling their wind farms.

I guess I made the mistake of actually reading the document instead of just reading what people are saying, now I’m cursed to know the truth instead of the whatever narrative our side is creating here.

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CrackerJack2 9 points ago +10 / -1

It was almost certainly not just the wind mills, but also the natural gas supply problem. Everyone was running their gas furnaces and electrical powered heat pumps and resistance heating, the same time that the natural gas fired electric turbines were being relied upon to deliver added peak power, but the pipelines somehow didn't deliver.

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DrCowboyPresident 12 points ago +13 / -1

Because they changed the NG pipelines, instead of relying on NG to keep the flow going, they changed to electric. So when the electricity died, so did the NG pipelines.

There is a LOT of stupidity to go around.

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UncleDaddyZ 4 points ago +4 / -0

Texas has more natural gas then Saudi. It’s not a supply problem.

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_Sully_ 1 point ago +2 / -1

Also, there is an order of importance. Residential and commercial supply has priority. So if they are sucking up the NG the plant can't use it for power generation. However, this is not an unusual occurrence, to combat this exact situation NG power plants would have oil storage to make up the difference. They had to ability to use NG or oil. This safety measure was removed to support green energy initiatives.

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Tenspot20 5 points ago +5 / -0

Wait, I thought President Trump had all of this power grid, green deal bullshit taken care of. Who's fucking it up now?

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CHEMST 6 points ago +6 / -0

Resident Biden

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excaliboor -2 points ago +2 / -4

Everybody who let criminals take power when they didn't do shit about the stolen election.

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bigmikesballsack 2 points ago +2 / -0

Lol. You’re still trying to incite, despite doing nothing yourself.

I’ve asked you several times what you’re doing—to battle this stolen election, because you “sound so smart”—yet you refuse to answer.

Maybe try a new username. This one isn’t working.

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excaliboor -2 points ago +1 / -3

Your approval means everything to me

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redpillsrus 5 points ago +5 / -0

6 in that thread is the question. Abbot should have said “screw DOE, I’m going to order this generation and deal with DOE/Biden after this. That’s how we’re going to have to start playing this game, people.

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Wien1938 4 points ago +4 / -0

We know from Australia that the purpose of Green energy policies is to destroy working and middle class wealth though massive cost of living increases.

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Christopian 3 points ago +3 / -0

See this is why I shouldn't be in state politics, the idea of asking someone for permission for somebody in my state to do something in an emergency wouldn't occur to me.

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diverbryan 2 points ago +2 / -0

Just another post with that same DOE document and people making up their own headlines about it. Maybe someone should actually read the thing before posting this kind of garbage?

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Bobanon 2 points ago +2 / -0

Why didn't the governor abbot tell that fucking retarded clone to take a flying fuck. I think governor abbot might be a closet pussy and not a good governor of the great state of TEXAS.

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BoughtByBloomberg2 1 point ago +1 / -0

Just say no and tell Xiden to lick your balls.

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Perhelion 1 point ago +1 / -0

Thank you for posting. This is the best explanation and easiest to digest. I will pass this info onward.

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Glock43Groves 1 point ago +1 / -0

I'm sorry but I'm confused why people think this is 'shocking' or 'breaking'...

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CrackerSmurf2 1 point ago +2 / -1

Dear Texas please sue this fuck face for murder. Don't be PA with WOLF.

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Gunsmonkey22 0 points ago +1 / -1

Was the waiver denied?

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KiTA [S] 7 points ago +9 / -2

Yes. To be fair, Biden apparently had put a lid on the government and went to take a nap sometime around 9 AM that day.