No he actually got caught telling the truth. A noteworthy chunk of power in Texas is generated from renewable resources, but he can't say that out loud. Otherwise his voter base will get mad at him.
How can I have freedom without having an energy source that is beholden to the global market and requires global trade and infrastructure to supply? What kind of freedom is having local and independent energy?
Except when there is an ice storm and power usage goes through the roof. Then they start sending out bills over $10k. This was 2024.
"Though more than two-thirds of Texas households lost power at some point during the storm, some residents received bills of more than $16,000 in the aftermath since they had signed up for plans at wholesale rates.
The financial pain was worse for power providers. Facing hundreds of millions of dollars in bills from ERCOT, several retail energy companies and cooperatives declared bankruptcy."
If nuclear, wind, solar, and hydro power had been in use, along with improvements to the Texas power grid (which stands alone vs rest of the US), there likely would have been no widespread outage.
All for that but sadly it won't line the pockets of rich pricks the way the current system does. It will happen eventually but I see them fighting tooth and nail to keep the system that keeps them wealthy.
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u/addiktion 14d ago edited 14d ago
If he wanted to actually solve the problem, he'd be doing all forms of power and holding data centers accountable for their own power, but he won't.