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You shouldn't take hyperbole at face value. There was never, ever going to be a months-long blackout.
by chrisco255 3y ago
You shouldn't take hyperbole at face value. There was never, ever going to be a months-long blackout.
- tehwebguy 3y agoI don’t know that, but the hyperbole does take focus away from the couple hundred people who died as a result
- jackson1442 3y agoMaybe “months-long” was hyperbole, but the (former) CEO of ERCOT has stated that it would take weeks, if not longer, to do a black start of the grid. I’m inclined to believe that as a baseline since statements like that make him personally look bad. https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2021-08-05/if-the-texas-power-grid-had-gone-down-it-would-need-a-black-start-how-long-would-that-take https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2021-08-05/if-the-tex...