The problem in what you are saying is that Progs do not do the bipartisan approach without getting the advantage. Natural gas plants should be everywhere. Hydro electric plant expansion should be done everywhere we can but will not. New refineries should be built with the latest technologies but will not. Newest nuclear reactors should be built and will not. And the pipelines to transport oil should be built. All to keep us living at a more economical price. And we still expand the eco systems as they become more reliable to not disrupt the survival of humans.Honestly, I don't have enough information to assign blame or make recommendations. I'm not an expert. I only know that I helped in a small way to build our coal fired plant...and everyone in the Midwest should be damn happy we had it to provide lifesaving power when wind and solar and natural gas all dropped the ball.That tells me that our surplus should be piped to Texas and you won't be having that problem. Instead, you want to send really poor quality oil crap from Canada to Texas. Maybe that money would be better spent on a NG Pipeline system
That's my point. I'm not opposed to wind or solar or natural gas...but I think we need to take a step back and learn a valuable lesson here.
Coal saved the day.
Maybe we need to set aside the political posturing and take a more practical approach, recognizing there is still a need for fossil fuel power generation.