Posted on 02/20/2021 6:31:00 AM PST by USA Conservative
he White House said on Thursday a severe winter storm engulfing Texas and nearby states was the type of extreme weather event that climate change is triggering, rejecting assertions by Texas officials that “green energy” caused widespread power outages.
The crisis in the largest U.S. oil- and gas-producing state has put Democratic President Joe Biden’s White House squarely at odds with Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who initially did not acknowledge Biden’s 2020 election win.
Abbott had ordered state officials in January to fight Biden’s push here to combat climate change by pausing new oil and gas leases, and cutting fossil fuel subsidies.
Biden spoke with Abbott late on Thursday, promising the federal government would continue to work with state and local authorities to meet the critical needs of those affected, the White House said in a statement. Biden also said he would instruct additional federal agencies to look into immediate steps that could be taken to help Texans.
But Biden’s “America last” agenda was again on full display.
After Texas Gov Abbott declared a state of emergency back on Feb 12 Biden administration ordered ERCOT to throttle energy output by forcing it to comply with environmental green energy standards, knowing full well Texans could freeze to death in their homes with zero electricity as temperatures plunged into the single digits. Going into effect Sunday, Feb. 14, Emergency Order 202-21-1 shows the Energy Dept. was aware of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s statewide disaster declaration and that ERCOT was readying gas utilities in preparation for a demand surge. Here’s Abbott order:
Biden admin ordered ERCOT to throttle energy output by forcing it to comply with environmental green energy standards.
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Let’s explain this further. This fiasco in Texas happened due to Biden Admin environmental limits on energy production.
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It is almost as bad as Prince Andrew’s Senior Citizen Genocide.
Until I see a full assessment of the fiasco, I think it's more likely that the Texas power grid simply hasn't been expanded sufficiently to keep up with the huge growth in population and businesses there.
Throttling wasn’t the issue, the issue was that only the poor areas were throttled, the people in the suburbs had power throughout. That’s messed up.
I would of had no issue, if EVERYONE had been throttled to save the grid, 2 hours on 2 hours off. But instead it was poor areas = throttled for days, rich suburbs = never throttled or lost power.
Ya gotta break a couple eggs to save muvver erf. Those that were sacrificed need to be honored for that sacrifice. Right grrrrrrrrreta?
Ping
Take a look at the Ercot report from 2011 complaining that Obama’s war on coal (lots of lignite coal plants in Texas shuttered due to EPA regs that were impossible to achieve) was compromising the grid.
The green energy alternatives were only enough to keep up with population growth but not enough to close the gap. I wrote an article about it years ago for the Arlington Voice; unfortunately, it is not out there anymore and the computer i wrote it on died, otherwise I would repost it.
This is on Obama and Biden.
Sorry, this isn’t factual. There are million dollar homes in Austin that had power out for 4 days.
So this their plan to turn Texas blue. Exploit a crisis and blame it on Republicans failures. I love how its Cruz’s fault for leaving town. A sitting US senator has no power or authority to make any decisions that would have helped the state.
No we didn't. Power was out for 4 days. Water is still out. Replacement parts for plumbing to be delivered in 7 to 10 days.
That’s absolutely false. Many DFW suburbs and even the richest areas were out the most. They didn’t ‘roll’ at all, just out. Lots of places never went out. This entire thing was sheer incompetence from top-down.
Have you heard of the exorbitant bills PUCT expects the residents to pay? What will they do?
Can't say whether it was a throttled brownout or a snapped power line/transformer...
Wr had rolling blackouts in OKC. They did not shut off “the hood” because the houses are to old and poorly insulated to withstand sub zero temps. Instead they shut off the suburb white flight areas with the newer houses
You aren’t commenting from a position of knowledge.
There has been a lot of immigration, but the solar and wind in combination with no winterizing of existing lines led to this. As I’ve stated in another article, we do just fine up in the north.
Joe Biden, killing Americans that Americans won’t kill.
Democrats are domestic terrorists and should all be deported.
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