Hang on Sloopy
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- Jul 12, 2015
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I have never seen a rolling black out. I don't know what one is. How do people live under these conditions? We would imprison anyone doing that.California every summer. For the same reasons. A misplaced belief in the hoax of global warming.The whole damned country is in this kind of shape for God's sakes.This is the third time this has happened.
It comes down to deregulation. The people of Texas want no regulations so this is what they get.
Their electricity is privatized. There are no regulations or any consequences for not upgrading and winterizing. There are suggestions. That's it.
So because it's all privatized profit is put first. Not human life. Thus people are dying in Texas because profit for a private company is more important.
That last time it happened the federal government did an assessment, gave the state a report of what is wrong and how to fix it. The state and the private companies did nothing.
This is going to keep happening because money is more important than human life in Texas.
The people of Texas aren't willing to pay what it takes to make sure this doesn't happen again. The private companies aren't willing to pay what it takes to make sure this doesn't happen again.
Yet where did the Texans run quickly run to first?
You guessed it, the federal government. Biden is sending help. I thought the scariest words in the English language were "I'm from the federal government and here to help." Whatever happened to that conservative "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" and " take personal responsibility?"
Texas Was Warned a Decade Ago Its Grid Was Unready for Cold
(Bloomberg) -- Federal regulators warned Texas that its power plants couldn’t be counted on to reliably churn out electricity in bitterly cold conditions a decade ago, when the last deep freeze plunged 4 million people into the dark.They recommended that utilities use more insulation, heat pipes...finance.yahoo.com
Which other states are having the massive power outages that Texas is suffering through?
How can one not let their water hose run non stop 24/7 and worry? My God what kind of life do some people live?????
If I could only wash my car on Tuesdays I'd move to NKorea.