86 sats \ 3 replies \ @DEADBEEF 19 Aug \ on: The Political Takeover of the Texas Electricity Market econ
It is crazy to see how one freak winter storm is being used as an excuse to undermine the entire electric grid in Texas.
Never let a crisis go to waste I guess 🙄
the problem is ERCOT, 15 member board, most of the members don't live in Texas
The problem with the freak storm in 2021 or 22 was wind or solar not coal or natural gas.
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I don't really have a problem with where the people live but while their system does at least have some pricing mechanism it is still at the will of the state government. I'm sure they still centrally manage much of the power grid and companies.
The obvious solution to most of these problems to me is to build nuclear plants. The US population has just been psyoped into being anti-nuclear. Modern nuclear power seems very safe and clean. The biggest issue is the initial investment to build but plenty of places around the world are doing it.
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Never let a crisis go to waste
Exactly.
Mind you, how many people that lived through that event didn't learn anything from it. Haven't done even some basic preparations in case something like that happens again.
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