People Who Moved To Texas From California Finally Feeling At Home Now That Power Is Out

[gwb-trading]

The mayor of Colorado City, Texas has resigned after sparking outrage with a Facebook post where he told residents complaining of power outages during an unprecedented cold snap to “get off your ass and take care of your own family.” Tim Boyd, who announced his resignation Tuesday, also wrote that “if you don’t have electricity, you step up and come up with a game plan to keep your family warm and safe.” “No one owes you or your family anything; nor is it the local governments responsibility to support you during trying times like this! Sink or swim, it’s your choice!” he wrote. The town, with a population of about 4,000, is located in Mitchell County, where many were left without power as record-setting cold weather batters much of the state. In a subsequent post, Boyd apologized, writing, “I was only making the statement that those folks that are too lazy to get up and fend for themselves but are capable should not be dealt a handout.”



I hope the Mayor gives back all the power that the government handed out to him. Now that he resigned I hope no one helps him with anything ever again...

Compassionate Conservatism in its most pure form.

 

[TreeFrogTrader]

so once again, if you don't pay for something, you probably won't get it. If you pay for it, you'll probably get it.

If you don't pay for it, you can't complain. If you do, you can.

Hope that helps.

I am not as committed to trying to fit the issue on a bumper sticker.

In some states- let's call one California- you paying people multiple times over and they are complicit in creating the problems that are supposed to be fixing. They pay taxes up the ying yang but the government furthers forest management or lack thereof practices that promote fires electrical shortages. And it has been established many times over that the utility company is the cause of some of the biggest fires leading to electrical shortages. So they are paying both the government and the utility company to take it up the bobo.

 

[gwb-trading]

I am not as committed to trying to fit the issue on a bumper sticker.

In some states- let's call one California- you paying people multiple times over and they are complicit in creating the problems that are supposed to be fixing. They pay taxes up the ying yang but the government furthers forest management or lack thereof practices that promote fires electrical shortages. And it has been established many times over that the utility company is the cause of some of the biggest fires leading to electrical shortages. So they are paying both the government and the utility company to take it up the bobo.

California has its own list of electric utility problems. They are entirely different than Texas' list of electric utility problems.

Both states bear fault for the state government policies that led to their particular issues.

 

[Tsing Tao]

California has its own list of electric utility problems. They are entirely different than Texas' list of electric utility problems.

Both states bear fault for the state government policies that led to their particular issues.

We're talking about government services as a whole.

Tree,

I'm sure there is a correlation to income and services. No income from income tax, less services. You can probably graph it.

The efficiency or productivity of these services from state to state most likely vary considerably.

 

[wrbtrader]

Crazy in Texas...

Just saw images and videos on TV about homes in Texas...ceiling fans in the homes with one foot icicles hanging down from the fans.

What the fuck !!!

This is the same Republican state that would make fun of California rolling blackouts.

Damn...that's big time KARMA.

wrbtrader

 

[WeToddDid2]

The governor and his GOP comrades tried to blame the outages on green energy ("frozen windmills") then the truth came out about frozen gas lines.

Texas has a new crisis compounding blackouts — natural gas is ‘just frozen right now’: GOP governor
https://www.rawstory.com/texas-power-outage-blackout-gas/

That is so far from the truth. Why did they switch from coal fired plants to natgas plants?

If Texas kept the coal fired plants, would this have happened?

The report claims that by switching Texas' coal-fired power plants to natural gas-fired combined cycle power plants, Texas could save as much as 60% of the freshwater it uses for electricity generation. ... It would not only reduce freshwater consumption but it would also reduce air pollution, thus improving air quality

 

[WeToddDid2]

The governor and his GOP comrades tried to blame the outages on green energy ("frozen windmills") then the truth came out about frozen gas lines.

Texas has a new crisis compounding blackouts — natural gas is ‘just frozen right now’: GOP governor
https://www.rawstory.com/texas-power-outage-blackout-gas/

https://www.everythinglubbock.com/n...lectricity-customers-in-other-parts-of-state/

A good portion of electricity delivered to customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin areas is provided by wind farms in West Texas. With extreme cold weather, those wind turbines cannot operate, thus causing a shortage in renewable energy available for use.

“There also aren’t enough natural gas producers in the state to make up the difference when those wind turbines aren’t available,” said Harral.

That is a quote from a CEO of a renewable energy company.

 

[UsualName]

Just throwing this out there while people are thinking about utilities and infrastructure...

We need regional water grids. On the east coast we throw fresh water into the ocean while the Midwest suffers drought. As climate changes we will need to manage our water a lot better.

 

[gwb-trading]

https://www.everythinglubbock.com/n...lectricity-customers-in-other-parts-of-state/

A good portion of electricity delivered to customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin areas is provided by wind farms in West Texas. With extreme cold weather, those wind turbines cannot operate, thus causing a shortage in renewable energy available for use.

“There also aren’t enough natural gas producers in the state to make up the difference when those wind turbines aren’t available,” said Harral.

That is a quote from a CEO of a renewable energy company.

Interesting to note that those claims about windmills were totally debunked as junk when the facts were produced. Even the governor had to walk back his bullshiat.

 

[WeToddDid2]

'He is lying -- people are dying': Calls for Texas governor to resign as he blames power outages on wind and solar
https://www.rawstory.com/abbott-resign/

As millions of Texans struggled desperately to keep warm amid power outages stemming from the devastating winter storm sweeping the nation, the state's Republican governor late Tuesday blamed solar and wind for the blackouts—despite the fact that Texas relies overwhelmingly on fossil fuels—and claimed the crisis shows that the Green New Deal would be a "deadly deal" for the United States.

"Texas is blessed with multiple sources of energy, such as natural gas and oil and nuclear, as well as solar and wind," Gov. Greg Abbott said in an appearance on "Hannity" Tuesday night. "Our wind and our solar got shut down, and they were collectively more than 10% of our power grid. And that thrust Texas into a situation where it was lacking power in a statewide basis."

Abbott was far from the first Republican to deploy such blatantly false talking points in response to the ongoing crisis in Texas, which has left at least 10 people dead. But the governor's decision to appear on Fox News and attack a policy that has not even been implemented as Texans resorted to burning their belongings to keep their children warm was viewed as yet another example of his failed leadership.

"Five million Texans are without power tonight and temperatures are below freezing. People will most certainly die tonight because of it," said Sawyer Hackett, senior adviser to Julián Castro. "But Gov. Abbott had time to go on Sean Hannity to blame the Green New Deal."

Citing an official with the state's Electric Reliability Council (ERCOT), The Texas Tribune reported that as of Tuesday afternoon "16 gigawatts of renewable energy generation, mostly wind generation, was offline. Nearly double that, 30 gigawatts, had been lost from thermal sources, which includes gas, coal and nuclear energy."

"Texas is a gas state," Michael Webber, an energy resources professor at the University of Texas at Austin, told the Tribune. "Gas is failing in the most spectacular fashion right now."

But that hasn't stopped Texas Republicans like Abbott and Rep. Dan Crenshaw from attempting to blame frozen wind turbines for outages that could continue for days, endangering lives and coronavirus vaccines.

In response to Abbott's "Hannity" interview, Texas voting rights advocate Charlie Bonner tweeted, "He is lying. People are dying, and he is on Fox News lying to you. We are living in fear and Greg Abbott is playing politics with our lives."

"Greg Abbott doesn't care if you live or die tonight so take care of each other, my friends," Bonner added. "We're living in a failed state."

(More at above url)

Rawstory is simply pure left-wing political propaganda. No one that is reasonable would consider Rawstory a news source. Do you think that you suffer from confirmation bias much?