There you have it. The tragic truth about deregulation when it affects our health and safety.
By the way, 85% of the electrical load in Texas is entirely deregulated. That's the highest in the entire nation.

Feb 20, 2021 · 12:37 PM UTC

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As a Texan typing this in the dark, without power for 4+ days, I truly hope we all learned by now that no state can "liveth unto itself". We need each other. National level planning/coordination and renewable energy are not bad things. Windmills don't prevent individual freedom.
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The tragic truth. Cost per kWH in TX is almost 1/2 that of CA and NY. Price of power is regressive and hits the poor the hardest. Why do you hate the poor so much?
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CAPITALISM IS..... Texas ERCOT raising prices during a humanitarian crisis Deregulation & privatization only serve monopolies & profiteering Everyone else left out in the cold Texas has it's own power grid and is immune to Federal regulation cbs7.com/2021/02/16/ercot-ra…
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Correlation does not equal causation.
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Also ... if they were connected to the rest of the country ... they could be currently getting power from those other states that have electricity ... and ... at other times ... they could sell power to the other States ... but no ... They're just stupid, stubborn and dumb.
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It's sad that we have to waste so much time fighting conservatives and their lies there's not time left to educate people on the mildest socialist ideas like "We want you to have the same healthcare UK citizens have".
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The great capitalism.
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This is what unregulated capitalism looks like