Quote (Crunkt @ 17 Feb 2021 14:34)
Boeburt and AOC are equally idiotic regarding the outages. To repeat:
Quote (InsaneBobb @ 17 Feb 2021 13:15)
Nearly a quarter of Oregon, which is as "big government" as California lost power due to the storm. Even now that the ice has melted in most of the state, there are still 150,000 people without power. And Oregon is a state familiar with snow and ice, that has taken measures to deal with it.
Texas' primary issue with this storm had nothing whatsoever to do with big or small government. It had to do with a climate that seldom has snow, and typically doesn't get down to freezing at ground level (aka the rare snow doesn't stick). So key portions of their power grids were not weatherproofed. They didn't have any form of deicing strategy for the 25% of the grid run via wind turbines. Before you go on about, "Well pipelines froze!" No Tim Pool, they did NOT. Natural Gas freezes at -297F. At that temperature, one breath will freeze your lungs. It did not get anywhere near that cold in Texas. What froze was pumping mechanisms, due to a failure to anticipate such an incredible cold spike.
Something like 14 states, the majority of them BLUE suffered severe power outages as the result of the storms. And many of them (including my state) are still struggling to restore power to the populace. Of particular worry, however, is the urban and suburban developments in Texas were "pro green" aka many houses and apartments don't even have a fire place. Where in Arizona, a loss of power during a snowstorm isn't that big of a deal, as the majority of homes (even apartments) have chimneys, and nearly everyone keeps some fire logs (like duraflame or something similar) around, this just isn't as prevalent in Texas. Why? Power's cheaper than firelogs, and Texas is never without power.
The failures of government AND private industry when it comes to this storm is myriad and far more widespread than a single state OR a single political party.
Try to read. It helps with understanding.
