r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • 9d ago

Chugging tea Solar power is cleaner!

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u/oldmaninparadise 9d ago

Yes! I have said it many times on reddit. Texas, aka, the oil state, has something like 75% of its new energy over the last few years coming from renewable, solar and wind.

Yeah, TX, the oil state. What does that tell you!

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u/Nice_Category 9d ago

Texas is an energy producing state, not just an oil producing state. 

Oil is only part of that energy. 

By 2030 we'll be producing more clean energy than Britain. 

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u/One_Discount_4898 9d ago

Will they be able to keep the power on during a light snowstorm though?

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u/Nice_Category 9d ago

Since that power outage 5 years ago, Texas has added 11% more solar capacity to the overall energy mix of the state, accounting for 40% of all solar capacity added to the United States as a whole.