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First you need to put in sensible regulations and fire the ERCOT/PUC ostriches who see no evil, hear no evil. If they think their job is to let the power genera
by rawgabbit 6y ago
First you need to put in sensible regulations and fire the ERCOT/PUC ostriches who see no evil, hear no evil. If they think their job is to let the power generators be penny wise and pound foolish, they might as well let a fifth grader do their job because the fifth grader will actually force the idiots to actually spend money to winterize.
Second you need to acknowledge common sense and realize electric heating is a terrible technology. If you don’t want citizens to freeze to death, then you need to update the building codes. Either require a much higher standard of insulation or require gas or oil heating.
- baybal2 6y agoVery sensible comment. The risk of grid failure in places where things get below zero often, but not to warrant extreme precaution are high. If you have a place where you get few days below zero a year, it's not that unlikely that once in a decade it may get to -20 for a week or so, and then you are screwed.