Just heard a report about the Texas weather on the BBC. While the worst of
the cold is over, the impact will be around for some time to come, says the
radio station. Looks pretty bleak. Any reports from there? FN
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Power slowly coming back but water shortages. The Republican Governor
blamed the power shortages on iced up turbines. Actually poor maintenance
of gas and coal. Another Republican said: Texans would rather suffer than
surrender to the Federal government. In the meantime the Governor asked for
Fe
Isn’t Texas the only state that is not on the Federal grid. There is a lot
of analysis spelling out on what transpired over the years, including when
Governor Bush was in office; and continues. Worth looking at least at
Democracy Now, with Amy Goodman .
-vjp
On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 1:28 PM Gabe
Gabe,The local power authority has stated that wind and solar power production
exceeded normal levels during the crises. At the onset, the oil and gas firms
immediately planted the story that windmills froze up and also produced
pictures of solar panels covered with snow, to hoodwink the elect
Texas Republicans Ran a 20-Year Experiment. The Results Are In.
https://theintercept.com/2021/02/19/deconstructed-texas-republicans-experiment/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
Nine Texans on How They Survived a Frozen Week
https://www.texasobserver.org/nine-texans-on-how-t
