Comments by "Voix de la raison" (@voixdelaraison593) on "Newsmax"
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Republicans are blaming renewable energy, when itâs the stateâs powerful deregulated utilities that failed to prepare for the worst.Texans are also furious about how their stateâs ruinous laissez-faire governance led to a cascade of human-caused disasters of epic. In general, thereâs a natural gas storage problem in Texas. Utility companies didnât bother to have gas reserves: Itâs easier, cheaper and more profitable to tap the gas in the field with a pipeline.
After a cold snap in 2011, the power companies were supposed to better winterize their plants. Ten years later, they hadnât done it. Itâs hard to believe they couldnât afford it: Oncor, the giant power utility serving Dallas, reported $651 million in net income in 2019.
As the cold froze Oklahoma and sent temperatures in Dallas to lows not seen in over a century, the natural gas industry were unable to deliver more gas even if it was purchased. Wellheads in the Permian Basin froze solid. Pipelines leaked water, which, in turn, turned metal and gas into useless, immovable ice.
The crisis dates back to the 1930s, when the Federal Power Commission gained the authority to regulate interstate transmission of electric power. But politicians in Texas didnât want Washington regulating the electricity business and chipping away at those hefty profits.
So the business went entirely unregulated until the formation of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in the 1970s. But ERCOT has been anything but reliable. While it is technically overseen by the state, its board is really just an industry club. Several of its members donât even live in Texas.
After taking a beating on Twitter, Mr. Abbott tried to blame the renewable energy industry, a talking point that caught fire among conservatives. Renewables like wind and solar can contribute up to 20 percent of the Texas power grid, but just 7 percent of the winter grid, with 80 percent coming from natural gas, coal and a bit of nuclear power. While some wind turbines in Texas froze, many of them kept turning.
Yet another example of Fakenews- media spewing Propaganda.
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U.S. authorities have leveled the first conspiracy charge against a leader of an extremist group in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, arresting an Oath Keeper who is accused of plotting to disrupt the electoral vote confirmation of President-elect Joe Bidenâs victory and proposing further assaults on state capitols.â©Thomas Edward Caldwell, 66, of Clarke County, Va., was taken into custody before 7 a.m. on four federal counts, including conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States in the attack on the Capitol. The conspiracy charge is reserved for offenses interfering with or obstructing the lawful operation of government.â©A charging affidavit says he helped organize a group of eight to 10 individuals, including self-styled Ohio militia members apprehended Sunday, who wore helmets and military-style gear and were seen moving purposefully toward the top of the Capitol steps and leading the move against police lines.â©Separately, charges were unsealed Wednesday accusing a Queens man who worked in the state court system of making threats to murder Democratic politicians, including suggesting another attack on the Capitol timed to President-elect Joe Bidenâs inauguration Wednesday.
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