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I have been told to prepare for the worst. Acquire some backup power because data centers and miners will cause brownouts to outages across Texas during peak us
by ChumpGPT 2y ago
I have been told to prepare for the worst. Acquire some backup power because data centers and miners will cause brownouts to outages across Texas during peak usage.
We already have some outages in North Texas during these periods of high heat. Your 800k house turns into an oven when it's 110 outside because of the poor building standards across the state. Without steady power and cooling for 5 months of the year, the state is uninhabitable.
Thank you Gov Abbot for deregulation, it is working just like you planned.
- marcusverus 2y ago[flagged]
- mervz 2y agoI don't understand why Texans get so insecure when people rightfully point out the issues with their infrastructure.
- spiderfarmer 2y agoIt alway boils down to the fact that egotistical people have problems with people that care about others and their environment. It makes them feel insecure. And then they either lash out or proudly complain that they really, really don’t care about others.
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- prewett 2y agoMy current theory is that it's a reaction to being so disgusted with the values of the outgroup that they reject everything that the outgroup supports. You can see the other version of this by people who want nothing do with Tesla/Musk because of his political views. Environmental activism, and, say, gender activism (the real hot-button one) have a similar flavor, so if one is disgusted by activism in general, or a specific activism, one might just reflexively reject the other. Just like Musk's political views are unrelated how well a Tesla car matches your transportation needs.
- spiderfarmer 2y agoIn the end it still boils down to how much you care about others and your environment.
- 486sx33 2y agoAmen
- ChumpGPT 2y agoI'm from Texas.....
- chgs 2y agoOn US house sizes and latitudes, solar can provide a hell of a lot of power, at a time that coincides with peak aircon demand, seems a no brainer to me.
- 486sx33 2y agoYou know that people can chose to build a home that’s better insulated on their own right? Poor building standards is a very loose term. Let me explain the problems with your term. 1. Poor - poor to whom? By what measurement? 2. Building standards - do you mean building codes? Building regulations? Consumer demand in design? Something else? Strict building codes aren’t the answer. Also, 110 degrees is uninhabitable to who? I can build a home that works just fine at 120 plus and passes ZERO building codes. Think outside the box, don’t reach for government intervention!
- persedes 2y agoYou mentioned poor three times, do you believe that most people can actually do that or that landlords will do it on their own? I'm sure there's plenty of niches for certain people that can pull this off for themselves, so there'll always be people better off individually, but I don't see this working out for a society as a whole. Best example for this might be the Rio Verde community in AZ, people with well water access may be doing fine, but the 500 others are screwed now that the area is hit by a drought.