Guest Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Oh yes, they like the low regulations when it leads to much lower prices for natural gas but don’t when a black swan event occurs and the piper needs to be paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 Update: Texas gov knew of natural gas shortages days before blackout, blamed wind anyway ARSTECHNICA.COM Official's phone logs offer blow-by-blow account of the disaster as it unfolded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 9 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Update: Texas gov knew of natural gas shortages days before blackout, blamed wind anyway ARSTECHNICA.COM Official's phone logs offer blow-by-blow account of the disaster as it unfolded. To the surprise of nobody that votes Democrat and will be ignored by anyone that votes Republican. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 34 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Republicans when they craft legislation: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 An analysis by BuzzFeed News indicates that the actual death toll attributable to the power outages is 4 to 5 times higher than the official toll when factoring in “excess mortality”: The Texas Winter Storm And Power Outages Killed Hundreds More People Than The State Says WWW.BUZZFEEDNEWS.COM A BuzzFeed News analysis shows the catastrophic failure of Texas’s power grid in February killed hundreds of medically vulnerable people. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 3 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: A little more color than the headline: the companies already can (and will) add recovery charges as that is already allowed by law. What the bill would do is loan the companies the cash up front for the recovery funds, then requires the companies to spread the recovery billing out over several years. 9 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: An analysis by BuzzFeed News indicates that the actual death toll attributable to the power outages is 4 to 5 times higher than the official toll when factoring in “excess mortality”: The Texas Winter Storm And Power Outages Killed Hundreds More People Than The State Says WWW.BUZZFEEDNEWS.COM A BuzzFeed News analysis shows the catastrophic failure of Texas’s power grid in February killed hundreds of medically vulnerable people. I’ve been a truther on this the entire time. Never believed the numbers were as low as reported. Definite “died of pneumonia, not Covid” vibes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Love privatizing profit and socializing losses 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 "Texas’ “failsafe” generators failed, risking weeks-long catastrophe | Ars Technica" Texas’ “failsafe” generators failed, risking weeks-long catastrophe ARSTECHNICA.COM Black start generators—and their backups—failed en masse during deep freeze. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 8 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Love privatizing profit and socializing losses <-- Hell yeah brother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 They needed a failsafe for the failsafe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Keyser_Soze said: They needed a failsafe for the failsafe Safeception Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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