It's fine to take issue with your identity, belief systems, and way of life being changed forcibly by a global energy transition underway that you have no ability to stop. It's a religion, put simply. But to waste resources like this out of ideology? It's just sad.

Texas has a teacher shortage [1] and ranks as one of the most uneducated states [2]. This does no favors to those who need the educational system. And those making these decisions will be long dead while those impacted will continue to live the remainder of their lives sub-optimally from these decisions.

[1] https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/20/texas-teacher-shorta...

[2] https://www.kxan.com/news/education/texas-is-one-of-the-most...

And [2] sure does play into the whole policy...