Re:Analysis: Texas power outage leaves officials working pol...
by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @08:08PM
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I'm discouraged no one is asking about the elephant in the room - which is why the polar vortex has shifted to the extent that these events are happening at all.
It's not just Texas. There has been extreme cold across Europe, and unseasonable warmth across parts of the Arctic.
Of course it's far too late to fix the primary cause now. But it's still true that extreme weather events caused by climatic instability were being discussed more than twenty years ago.
Adding more of Power Source [X] is a bandaid. The real problem is structural, and it could have been solved more cheaply back then.
It's not just Texas. There has been extreme cold across Europe, and unseasonable warmth across parts of the Arctic.
Of course it's far too late to fix the primary cause now. But it's still true that extreme weather events caused by climatic instability were being discussed more than twenty years ago.
Adding more of Power Source [X] is a bandaid. The real problem is structural, and it could have been solved more cheaply back then.