Null User Object@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoCongested transmission lines cause renewable power to go to waste in Texasarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down11cross-posted to: science@lemmy.ml
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkCongested transmission lines cause renewable power to go to waste in Texasarstechnica.comNull User Object@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: science@lemmy.ml
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·2 years agoImagine if they had done something like united the grid under the state government and upgraded the lines as part of an overall infrastructure law? Oh wait, it’s Texas.
minus-squaredoppelgangmember@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 years agoTexas had no problem gladly accepting $60 mil from the Federal Government recently for energy infrastructure either: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/state/2023/07/10/texas-to-receive-60-million-federal-grant-to-strengthen-electric-grid/70397781007/
Imagine if they had done something like united the grid under the state government and upgraded the lines as part of an overall infrastructure law?
Oh wait, it’s Texas.
Yea but … That’s socialism?
Texas had no problem gladly accepting $60 mil from the Federal Government recently for energy infrastructure either:
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/state/2023/07/10/texas-to-receive-60-million-federal-grant-to-strengthen-electric-grid/70397781007/
Gasp!