ottosgotaglock:A significant reason why the power outages are happening in the first place is becaus
ottosgotaglock:A significant reason why the power outages are happening in the first place is because of Federal requirements put on Texan energy production. The requirements put in place via ERCOT in 2013-2014, state that at least 10% of Texas’ energy has to be from wind energy.With ice and snow freezing turbines and blocking solar panels (solar is negligibly used here due to unpredicable weather), upwards of 10% of our energy capture is gone.If we were able to build more nuclear power plants instead (only 9% of Texas’ energy is from nuclear), we wouldn’t be having these blackouts. -- source link