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(Thanks for finishing your numerous edits. It's hard to understand someone's point when they keep changing it.) Now please re-read my comment and find where I

(Thanks for finishing your numerous edits. It's hard to understand someone's point when they keep changing it.) Now please re-read my comment and find where I criticized wind or any renewable. You can say "omg a politician said something bad!" all you want but it a) ignores the data and b) doesn't lead anywhere productive. Personally, I'll stick with the facts and data.

dataflow 6y ago
> Now please re-read my comment and find where I criticized wind or any renewable. Please re-read mine and find where I suggested you criticized either of them? > You can say "omg a politician said something bad!" all you want but it a) ignores the data and b) doesn't lead anywhere productive. This wasn't just one random politician, this was the governor. Other prominent Texas politicians have also been bashing renewable energy for a long time too. Hope I don't need to find you quotes of this, but let me know if I do. How is it productive to ignore their blatant hypocrisy and let them keep spreading such awful disinformation to people? Do you really think they like to expand renewables and these quotes are just accidental gaffes others pick on? You don't see a pattern? To me it seems these officials are anti-renewables but still failing to prevent movement in that direction due to complex incentives and incomplete control. > Personally, I'll stick with the facts and data. You can be anti-something while still having it. Like so many people are anti-2nd-amendment but it's still there due to forces outside their control. Pointing to it doesn't imply anything about people's stances.
- caseysoftware 6y ago
  My apologies, version 2 or 3 of your comment did say that. Thank you for removing the accusation. With regards to the governor, Texas is a little different. The Governor serves year around, according to their term but mostly applies policy and sticks within the budget that the Legislature (only serves every other year) sets. In past terms, the Legislature have expanded renewables quite successfully (as noted above) and I hope that trend will continue. Or you can focus on "omg a politician said something bad!" but I hope I don't need to convince you that what politicians say and the policies they implement are often unrelated.
  - dataflow 6y ago
    > My apologies, version 2 or 3 of your comment did say that. Thank you for removing the accusation. No worries, though I actually have no idea what you're referring to. The only part of your comment that I can remember replying to was that single quote from you (which is still there). The subsequent edits in my comment were just adding links & expanding on them and trying to summarize their relevant points succinctly. It must've been a misunderstanding since that wasn't the intention of anything I wrote. > With regards to the governor, Texas is a little different. The Governor serves year around, according to their term but mostly applies policy and sticks within the budget that the Legislature (only serves every other year) sets. In past terms, the Legislature have expanded renewables quite successfully (as noted above) and I hope that trend will continue. Great, I hope so too. Again, this means some of the vocal ones have limited control. I don't know the power (ha) vs. size of each faction, but I'm not under the impression this is happening without a fight: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Texas-bill-would-tax-wind-solar-generation-but-15719128.php https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Tex...

dataflow 6y ago

> Now please re-read my comment and find where I criticized wind or any renewable. Please re-read mine and find where I suggested you criticized either of them? > You can say "omg a politician said something bad!" all you want but it a) ignores the data and b) doesn't lead anywhere productive. This wasn't just one random politician, this was the governor. Other prominent Texas politicians have also been bashing renewable energy for a long time too. Hope I don't need to find you quotes of this, but let me know if I do. How is it productive to ignore their blatant hypocrisy and let them keep spreading such awful disinformation to people? Do you really think they like to expand renewables and these quotes are just accidental gaffes others pick on? You don't see a pattern? To me it seems these officials are anti-renewables but still failing to prevent movement in that direction due to complex incentives and incomplete control. > Personally, I'll stick with the facts and data. You can be anti-something while still having it. Like so many people are anti-2nd-amendment but it's still there due to forces outside their control. Pointing to it doesn't imply anything about people's stances.

caseysoftware 6y ago
My apologies, version 2 or 3 of your comment did say that. Thank you for removing the accusation. With regards to the governor, Texas is a little different. The Governor serves year around, according to their term but mostly applies policy and sticks within the budget that the Legislature (only serves every other year) sets. In past terms, the Legislature have expanded renewables quite successfully (as noted above) and I hope that trend will continue. Or you can focus on "omg a politician said something bad!" but I hope I don't need to convince you that what politicians say and the policies they implement are often unrelated.
- dataflow 6y ago
  > My apologies, version 2 or 3 of your comment did say that. Thank you for removing the accusation. No worries, though I actually have no idea what you're referring to. The only part of your comment that I can remember replying to was that single quote from you (which is still there). The subsequent edits in my comment were just adding links & expanding on them and trying to summarize their relevant points succinctly. It must've been a misunderstanding since that wasn't the intention of anything I wrote. > With regards to the governor, Texas is a little different. The Governor serves year around, according to their term but mostly applies policy and sticks within the budget that the Legislature (only serves every other year) sets. In past terms, the Legislature have expanded renewables quite successfully (as noted above) and I hope that trend will continue. Great, I hope so too. Again, this means some of the vocal ones have limited control. I don't know the power (ha) vs. size of each faction, but I'm not under the impression this is happening without a fight: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Texas-bill-would-tax-wind-solar-generation-but-15719128.php https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Tex...