gourdlockJun 23, 2023
MissConstrue

I know people are tired of me talking about the heat, but the heat index in Texas topped 120F today. This means the electrical grid, which the #GOP deregulated and took off the national grid to better serve their money guys, is fragile under the best circumstances, but is starting to crash like it did during the Great Freeze that caused lost lives and millions of dollars in damages to property. There are over 400,000 Texas households without power right now. Deaths are already being reported in West Texas from heat and lack of power.

This is what the GOP is. They will sacrifice anyone and everyone for a few dollars more in their campaign coffers. They have set their sites on dismantling and privatizing the commons for the benefit of a few and the detriment to the rest.

Jun 22, 2023 at 8:34pmWeb
Show threadDr Power Nap, DDS ✅️Jun 22, 2023
@MissConstrue
*in squeeky puberty voice*
Free markets! Free people!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_California_electricity_crisis
2000–01 California electricity crisis - Wikipedia

Show threadRunesJun 22, 2023
@MissConstrue almost every house I've seen with a GOP sign in their front yards over the last few years has bought a generator. They consider this normal and not a tax caused by crappy infrastructure.
Show threadSaanichGuy 🇨🇦🇨🇦Jun 23, 2023

@MissConstrue @runes why are you still living in #texas?

Seems donation from big power means more than citizens?

Show threadRunesJun 23, 2023
@SaanichGuy @MissConstrue because moving is a non trivial endeavor?
Show threadJeri DanskyJun 22, 2023
@MissConstrue I'm not tired of your posts about the heat. Just sorry you have to deal with both the heat and your horrendous government.
Show threadgeobeckJun 22, 2023
@MissConstrue
And of course none of the people who are hardest hit have the resources to muster potential legal action based on willful endangerment of the public.
Show threadMeow.tar.gz  Jun 22, 2023
@MissConstrue I am not tired of it because your statements are legitimate and serious concerns. They're not just passing complaints.
Show threadWestern InfidelsJun 22, 2023

@MissConstrue It seems to me that a government that is co-opted by the extraction industry will, sooner or later, start treating their own citizenry as just another resource bed to extract value from.

My state hasn't divorced from the national electric grid the way Texas has, but if anything, the Ohio state government may be even more completely in the pocket of the extraction industry.

We've all but banned wind turbines here. According to the whims of the coal-mining and coal-burning industries.

Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport HolderJun 22, 2023

@MissConstrue

We really are not tired of you talking about this.

We really wish government would do its job and enact effective solutions.

Show threadKoreen BrennanJun 23, 2023
@MissConstrue The people most likely to die in this heat are those who have contributed the least to the reason the heat is so high. Poor people who are renting, can't afford a generator, or are vulnerable health wise.
Show threadKevin LeecasterJun 23, 2023
@MissConstrue
We need to talk about #GlobalWarming more not less. Right @kathhayhoe
Show threadAlicePaulJun 23, 2023

@MissConstrue

Did Abbott volunteer the people of Texas for a climate change experiment or something?

Show threadtoxtethogradyJun 23, 2023
@MissConstrue The other day, it was 125 in Corpus Christi. They'd never experienced anything like that before...
Show threadboltonnutJun 23, 2023
@summersun704 @MissConstrue I wish you well with your weather. I know. It can get pretty hot here in Vegas.
Show threadOlavJun 23, 2023

@MissConstrue they have more than enough renewable energy sources that would kick butt on a day like this. But the grid sucks worse than CA and they're trying to shore up NG plants vs encouraging local battery storage

Edit: the problem w/ the CA grid is there's population centers and hundreds of miles of single-lane HV lines in between. But it's not like it was 10 years ago either

Show threadAlexJun 23, 2023
@MissConstrue America. The Home of the free! 🤦
Show threadOla "Mullvaden" E.Jun 23, 2023
@MissConstrue It's a complete mystery to me how people can keep voting for those guys over and over. But I know, gerrymandering and all that.
Show threadGATEKEEPERJun 23, 2023
@MissConstrue
Many in Texas have a chioce. Stay and suffer under "wheelchair Hitler", or move to a real state where you're survival is likely.
Show threadSharon Gibson MorganJun 23, 2023
@GatekeepKen @MissConstrue This man is evil. Not long ago, he revised the ethics code for state social workers which would have allowed them to refuse services to disabled and gay clients. Fortunately, the code was restored to its original wording that wouldn't allow such actions. He also required schools to report trans students & directed CPS to investigate parents providing medical care to trans family members.
Show threadCaledonia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Jun 23, 2023
@MissConstrue Bloody hell. Literally. 120oF? In Scotland we’re sweltered if it’s in the mid to high 70’s , which we’ve had the past few weeks. The GOP, as I see it (from way across the pond), are not for the people. Fkuu (misspelled) the GOP. May the Angels keep your people safe.
Show thread🥥 Tucker Carlson's Nuts 🥥Jun 23, 2023
@MissConstrue 🥥 Essay Question: How is the implosion of #Texas's power grid like the #Titan submersible debacle?
Extra points for NOT using #ChatGPT to answer this question
Additional extra points FOR using ChatGPT to answer this question. 🥥
Show threadJC_MehnerJun 23, 2023
@JStatePost @MissConstrue
Both involve wanting to make money while ignoring engineering.
Show threadJeffJun 25, 2023
@MissConstrue Sacrifice of the many to benefit the few; isn’t that how it’s supposed to be? /s 🤦‍♂️
Show threadRyan ParmanJul 7, 2023

@MissConstrue: I remember experiencing something similar in California in the summer of 2000 with Enron and their “rolling blackouts”.

Oof. I’m sorry. I don’t wish that on anybody.