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In reply to the discussion: My Trumplican sister just told me that Texan has failed cuz of Windmills & Windmills don't work [View all]flying_wahini
(6,529 posts)28. I live in the DFW area and I can tell you in local coverage on our news stations
Make it pretty clear that it wasnt any green energy that failed us; it was
failure of the oil and gas energy and failure transportation (unable to move antifreeze to sites.)
We had a weeks notice that the cold front was coming in. They had ample time to move trucks around on site to spray down the mechanicals.
Apparently about ? 10 years ago we had a similar cold snap (not as bad as this storm)
And I believe that we were told THEN that they were looking into spray equipment to be installed on the energy plant sites or whatever you call them.
Gov Abbott blathering on about how he is gonna get to the bottom of this...
Hes the one that appointed these jokers on the board of the Energy commission.
One lives in Canada and 2-3 live out of state.
What a clusterfuck of a government we have in Texas.
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My Trumplican sister just told me that Texan has failed cuz of Windmills & Windmills don't work [View all]
trueblue2007
Feb 2021
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i told her that but it went in one ear and out the other. THEY LISTEN TO FOX Not news
trueblue2007
Feb 2021
#19
Some people will never learn because they don't want to hear anything that runs
Politicub
Feb 2021
#15
Turbines provide 10% of TX power, only 13% of those failed -- so that's a 1.3% drop in power.
eppur_se_muova
Feb 2021
#17
Here is a link to the Declaration of Emergency issued by Biden on Feb. 14, 2021.
Mariana
Feb 2021
#25
Something really needs to be done about the blatant lies on so called "News" networks.
Caliman73
Feb 2021
#24
I live in the DFW area and I can tell you in local coverage on our news stations
flying_wahini
Feb 2021
#28