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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'I got no defense': Ted Cruz responds after viral tweet mocking California energy policies resurface
In August, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas mocked California's "failed energy policies" on Twitter.
His post resurfaced Tuesday as over 3 million Texans were without electricity during a winter storm.
Link to tweet
https://www.yahoo.com/news/got-no-defense-ted-cruz-025155619.html
msongs
(67,405 posts)moonscape
(4,673 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,468 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)but not for blue state, even when blue states, except for maybe two, are net donors of money to the federal government.
keithbvadu2
(36,793 posts)Cruz et al... Rugged individualists... with their begging hand out.
Mariana
(14,856 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I thought for a second that Cruz would apologize or acknowledge how cruel he was. You know, betray some scintilla of humanity.
dalton99a
(81,485 posts)It is possible to winterize natural gas power plants, natural gas production and wind turbines, experts said, which prevent such major interruptions in other states with more regular extreme winter weather. But even after upgrades were made following the 2011 winter storm, many Texas power generators have still not made all the investments necessary to prevent the sort of disruptions happening to the equipment, experts said.
ERCOT directors also said that the storm this week took a turn in the early morning hours of Monday, when extremely low temperatures forced many more generators offline than ERCOT had anticipated.
It appeared that the winterization we were doing was working, but this weather was more extreme than (past storms), Woodfin said. The loss of generation during the morning of Monday, after midnight, was really the part that made this a more extreme event than we had planned.
Upgrading equipment to withstand extremely low temperatures and other changes, such as providing incentives for customers to conserve power or upgrade to smart appliances, could help avoid disasters like this one, said Le Xie, a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University and assistant director of energy digitization at A&Ms Energy Institute.
We used to not worry too much about such extreme cold weather in places like Texas, but we probably need to get ready for more in the future, Xie said. With climate change, he said, Were going to have more extreme weather conditions throughout the country.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/16/natural-gas-power-storm/
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Dont expect those clown to have a revelation until climate change lay their states flat.
matt819
(10,749 posts)Hes a Republican. Its in his blood. Plus, hes just such a vile person, he cant stop himself.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Vivienne235729
(3,384 posts)At the expense of the safety of your constituents. What a douchebag. Hey TEXAS! VOTE BETTER!
JI7
(89,249 posts)ellie
(6,929 posts)yonder
(9,664 posts)"I have no defense", oh ye of fine education.
"I can't get no, satisfaction, heh, heh, haaaay" is the proper form.
panader0
(25,816 posts)BeerBarrelPolka
(1,202 posts)JI7
(89,249 posts)moondust
(19,980 posts)Spare us your political malpractice and save yourself the endless self-embarrassment.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)also his persona.
Raine
(30,540 posts)SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)were due to massive wildfires and the power companies not wanting to start more of the same. It wasn't due to greed and mismanagement like Texas. So shove it up your ass, you pathetic excuse for a human being. Can you imagine, this doorknob actually thinks he's presidential material?
dsc
(52,161 posts)is a function of greed. They chose not to fire proof them.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,342 posts)BeerBarrelPolka
(1,202 posts)So he admits no defense: True
Calls it a blizzard: False
Frankly, the storm is nothing compared to routine winters in other parts of the US. The problem rests solely with the government and utilities of Texas.