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Mersky

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12. Without wind in the mix the situation would have been worse because of the reliance on gas

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Feb 17, 2021, 08:21 AM

Feb 2021

So, iow, abbott was on fox selling a fraud because he’s aggressively stupid and cruel.

His gas producer buddies were making so much money pumping LNG to export, etc. at the same time operations were falling that Texas power plants weren’t willing to pay the price to crank more electricity, until the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) lifted pricing caps and floors on MONDAY. I bet this was all foreseeable in scenario planning, and abbot with his appointees at PUCT (who oversee ERCOT) waited based on the profitability of the dire situation.

He’s using the natural disaster to further harm and scare people about wind rather than seeking to bolster the infrastructure of all sources of electricity in Texas, because he’s an awful person.

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No, frozen wind turbines aren't the main culprit for Texas' power outages [View all] applegrove Feb 2021 OP

Hey, Abbott! Who's on third? Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #1

Yeah Greggo. Way to try and score political points and deflect blame while... LudwigPastorius Feb 2021 #2

These Republicans are lying , duforsure Feb 2021 #3

If It Wasn't For Wind Texas Would Have A Lot Less Power DanieRains Feb 2021 #4

Wind turbines have heating elements in cold climes. Kablooie Feb 2021 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author duforsure Feb 2021 #5

Weird. He also said that coal & gas generators were frozen. catrose Feb 2021 #6

That was a day earlier it says. Maybe they saw the chance to catapult a conspiracy applegrove Feb 2021 #8

Abbott is just one very sick dick of a super asshole!! 7wo7rees Feb 2021 #9

Kick and recommended!!! Mersky Feb 2021 #10

Abbott blaming ERCOT for this is bs, duforsure Feb 2021 #11

wrong about the "once in a lifetime weather event" Snoopy 7 Feb 2021 #19

Without wind in the mix the situation would have been worse because of the reliance on gas Mersky Feb 2021 #12

Abbott has been throwing out excuses left and right struggle4progress Feb 2021 #13

We have turbines in Michigan. They can be winterized. gollygee Feb 2021 #14

This is a Test of the Democratic Messaging System CaptainTruth Feb 2021 #15

He should resign. BumRushDaShow Feb 2021 #16

Natural gas can "freeze" and not flow properly or at all. Many years ago when I worked in NJ.... George II Feb 2021 #17

Wind power fails regularly, pretty much daily, to deliver power. It's just lipstick on the gas... NNadir Feb 2021 #18