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[โ€“] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The 2020 incident? Texas failed because they didn't properly winterize their infrastructure. Not because they were using green energy. It was almost entirely gas that failed.

Also there are a number of ways to store and transfer energy.

The real issue in Texas was unregulated capitalism. Energy prices skyrocketed like 6000% at the time, because they could get away with it.

I live in Minnesota and those idiots are charging me for their lack of preparation.

[โ€“] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago

Yes, I did not mean to imply it was due to green energy. I just wanted to point out how important reliability is.