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Renewables are the only reason Texas' power grid hasn't failed during this month's punishing heat wave, a grid expert tells HEATED (heated.world)
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[–] Caboose12000 4 points 2 years ago

well that's nice

[–] cornaholic 2 points 2 years ago

Pretty wild that there was a NPP outage during this window too and the renewable systems kept all the plates spinning.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 2 points 2 years ago

We have so much solar and wind power in TX. Hopefully that trend continues.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those Texans would be pissed if they could read

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

It's not about literacy — California has a lower literacy rate — it's about a a media environment dominated by the fossil fuels industry.