Re:The Texas electric grid can barely keep the lights on
by mdmglr on Saturday May 14, 2022 @07:40PM
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> My understanding is also that homes in Texas generally also have substandard insulation because they come from an era where it was feasible to just open a window and get a breeze going.
Uhh no. It's because it is cheaper. Especially homes built in the last five years seem to be lacking on insulation.
> Texas is basically a fractal of aggressive and deliberate fuckups all the way down, because ain't no ivory-tower elitist going to tell ME how to build my house/grid/power plant!
Yes. Please don't move here and tell all your friends not to move here.
This came into play a year and a half ago when we had severe cold, one of the exacerbating factors was - those homes weren't well-insulated, so they had to use way more energy for heat than a properly-insulated home would have.
Texas is basically a fractal of aggressive and deliberate fuckups all the way down, because ain't no ivory-tower elitist going to tell ME how to build my house/grid/power plant!