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Texas produces more wind and solar than any other state, what are you talking about?

• ZeroGravitas 4mo ago
  Not by percentage. They're just bigger and generate more electricity total. So you could flip the stat and say they produce more fossil energy than any other state. I can't quickly find 2025 stats but in recent years they've been 50% higher than the next state in both coal and gas fired electricity (in absolute terms). Wikipedia has tables sortable by column by source by total and percentage from 2022 to get a rough idea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_electricity_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_electri... Texas was 33% or so wind plus solar last year. There are 6 states who had a higher percentage just from wind 3 years ago.
  • wallst07 4mo ago
    Absolute values matter more IMO. Any time people use % or per capita, it means they live in a city. I see this quite often, and it's just a way to skew rhetoric. Just my opinion.
    • ZeroGravitas 4mo ago
      That's fine, but that means the absolute value of all the coal and gas they burn matters more too.