• @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    We picked today to have our company picnic in sweltering north Texas. It was definitely hot, but manageable since governor a$$hat hasn’t outlawed water breaks for corporate events yet!

  • @onionbaggage
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    11 year ago

    Ah so it’s Texas’s too hot to have power season. Not to be confused with their too cold to have power season.

    • BigFigOPM
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      11 year ago

      Allllll that land ripe for solar, but no, more oil for me please

  • @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    This will be an interesting situation in the next few years. People have been moving into the state in heavy numbers creating an energy burden, the state government has looked the other way on producers following maintenance schedules over profit so idle capacity isn’t certain to come online, and the governor’s threat that a better grid will cost consumers.

    • @vegasq
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      11 year ago

      Apologies for my ignorance, I assume after snowpocalyps they somewhat managed to improve grid itself? But no new developments in energy sources have been done?

      • @PhilWheat
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        11 year ago

        Could you say why you’d assume “they” improved the grid?

  • @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    Texas: “Our grid is fine! It’s just cold like we haven’t seen before!”

    Also Texas: “Our grid is fine! It’s just hot like … every summer.”

    • BigFigOPM
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      11 year ago

      Well, not EVERY summer but yes, 105 degrees shouldn’t be knocking it out