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by CaptainZapp 1481 days ago
Then again, Texans may be in deep shit if the weather turns too cold or too hot and the power grid conked yet again.

Believe it or not, but a well maintained infrastructure has a lot to do with adequate taxation and regulation.

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Indeed, unlike say, California whose high taxes have helped create a robust electrical infrastructure which hasn’t randomly started fires destroying entire towns (and killing dozens) and doesn’t have rolling blackouts each summer.

Is that what you mean?

I just bought a generator with some of the tens of thousands I’m saving by not paying CA tax anymore
Texas has other even more terrifying fragilities that I'm not going to get specific on, because they're that scary and I don't want to give crazy people ideas.
ERCOT’s CEO was fired over the incident im sure you are referring to. fired within weeks.

Who’s getting fired over California’s blackouts? Let me guess, it’s all just climate change?