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When California had rolling blackouts, @tedcruz said the state “is now unable to perform even basic of civilization, like having reliable electricity.”
What Texans are experiencing now is worse. And it shows the power grid is not ready for climate change: https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2021-02-16/texas-blackouts-california-climate-change
What Texans are experiencing now is worse. And it shows the power grid is not ready for climate change: https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2021-02-16/texas-blackouts-california-climate-change
Also, @hiltzikm writes about how Texas kept its power grid separate from the rest of the country to avoid federal regulation, but now needs serious federal help: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-02-17/texas-severe-weather-power-crisis-secession
Even in Montana — where 900 people lost power for half an hour — politicians falsely blamed wind energy and said more fossil fuels would solve the problem: https://mtstandard.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/minor-montana-power-outage-stokes-political-rhetoric/article_134cc66a-80eb-5c7d-98e4-b99e3a39a719.html
Also, the photo that's been circulating of a helicopter de-icing a wind turbine is actually from Sweden. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/17/conservatives-falsely-blame-renewables-for-texas-storm-outages
Hmm: "Former Texas governor Rick Perry suggests that going days without power is a sacrifice Texans should be willing to make if it means keeping federal regulators out of the state’s power grid." https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Perry-says-Texans-wiling-to-suffer-blackouts-to-15956705.php
