Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem
by chordalkeyboard on Thursday February 18, 2021 @10:35PM
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It probably doesn’t matter because neither halting the tide nor producing heat in the winter are problems that are solved by authoritarian measures.
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Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem
by VintageCool on Friday February 19, 2021 @02:20AM
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Require that the power companies in Texas winterize their equipment. Done.
The electric company in El Paso, which is not part of ERCOT, did spend heavily to winterize their equipment after the 2011 cold snap. El Paso did not suffer outages this year like the rest of Texas.
Producing heat in the winter is a solved problem. If power companies are not applying the known solutions to a recurring problem, then apply state force to require them to do so. Done.