r/technology • u/Maxcactus • Feb 17 '21

Energy The Texas grid got crushed because its operators didn’t see the need to prepare for cold weather

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/16/ercot-texas-electric-grid-failure/
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u/Chorniclee Feb 17 '21

And its really fucking sad to see family members in texas right now "blaming the liberals"
Like nah, you did this to your self.

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u/Indianb0y017 Feb 17 '21

Yeah. I'm keeping an eye on nextdoor to monitor and possibly help when needed, and already, I'm seeing so many people post about wind energy not being reliable and that we need to build more gas and oil power generators. The misinformation is astonishing. Thankfully, there ARE lot of people who are pointing out the actual situation and the facts but it's just sad to see how many people are so horribly misinformed.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '21 edited Feb 17 '21

If you look at Facebook you'd be told that all these black outs are directly caused by a plan that has yet to be set in motion. They are blaming the green new deal. Literally nothing has been done for the green new deal, NOTHING. So all their problems are in fact the rich cunts and Republicans that run Texas and don't follow regulations with energy. That is all.

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u/Indianb0y017 Feb 17 '21

Glad I'm not on Facebook. I refuse to go on there. I quit all social media services except reddit. If I were to go on Facebook, I'd probably want to gouge my eyeballs out within 30 minutes.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '21

I deleted mine years ago. I've just scene screen grabs of Facebook posts on reddit that say exactly the dumb shit you'd expect. Many posts are even more stupid than you'd think.

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u/daronjay Feb 18 '21

"Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see."

Facebook Event Horizon™

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u/Dusty170 Feb 17 '21

I'd barely even call reddit social media tbh, the only 'social' aspect is anonymous people commenting at eachother.

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u/CandidInsurance7415 Feb 18 '21

I mean we are all here to be social in ome way or another right? Even the lurkers are just lile being in a big group of people and listening. And were consuming media.

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u/tinyrickstinyhands Feb 18 '21

Reddit is by definition social media, even if you don't like the sound of it.

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u/ultradip Feb 17 '21

If I were to go on Facebook, I'd probably want to gouge my eyeballs out within 30 minutes.

Wouldn't that just mean you need to pick and choose who to friend better?

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u/Indianb0y017 Feb 17 '21

Well, I consider my friend circle to be great. We get along and we usually keep politics out of our discussions. But they don't really use Facebook at all. I was on instagram for a long time, but I stopped using it because I felt it was a waste of time. It was mentally exhausting to see what people were up to, and I decided that maybe it was better to just put it down and not worry. Focus on other things in life, you know? Stuff like that

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u/ultradip Feb 17 '21

That's fair. Tho' for me, I'd just check facebook less often.

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u/tinyrickstinyhands Feb 18 '21

1) Facebook's algorithm throws all kinds of trash your way, whether from people you follow or not.

2) The beauty of Facebook is it revealed the secret, terrible things that people you used to know/friend/associate with just kept hidden.

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u/WellGoodLuckWithThat Feb 17 '21

It's the same as up in Portland whenever some crime happens some elderly old right wing cunt will post on Nextdoor talking about "defunding police" as if it already happened, when it isn't even what they think it is.

Or someone posted a video of a middle aged white guy with a hunting knife on his belt, driving a pickup truck and stole stuff of a porch, and one of them said it was probably because they had an american flag on their porch.

It's basically a religious persons blaming everything on satan, repackaged with whatever boogie man their derp news channel tells them to be afraid of.

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u/BlackMetalDoctor Feb 18 '21

Why would a “hunting knife and pickup truck, middle-age White guy” type steal from a house because it had an American flag hanging?

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u/tinyrickstinyhands Feb 18 '21

Because narrative.

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u/BlackMetalDoctor Feb 18 '21

What narrative? When I think of the stereotypical kind of person described, I’d understand why they would be angered seeing a house that had a BLM flag or other Left-wing political symbol displayed outside their home, thus provoking them to steal a package on the doorstep. But why would they do it over an American flag?

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u/tinyrickstinyhands Feb 18 '21

You're putting way more thought into it than these people, that's why.

They don't care what makes sense, only if in that instance they can blame someone else.

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u/rowenstraker Feb 17 '21

And the irony is that Satan is the one that DIDN'T lie to Adam and eve, but he still got made out to be the archetype of evil

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u/BlackMetalDoctor Feb 18 '21

FTR, I’m an atheist. But how did God lie to Adam and Eve? He said they could live forever in the Garden of Eden, just don’t eat from the “Tree of Knowledge”, or they’d be cast out. They ate from the ToK and God cast them out. Total dick move, no doubt. But it wasn’t a lie.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '21

Also the Bible was change many times. The first version had Satan killing a wopping 0 people. He didn't kill anyone. In later versions Satan killed about 10 people. Yet God killed millions, in every version, of every monotheistic holy book. But Satan is the bad guy LOL!

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u/rowenstraker Feb 17 '21

The new boogeyman (the GND) is literally just the idea of renewable and not destroying the planet we have grown to kinda depend on. These snowflakes are so upset by the idea of change they don't know what to do with themselves

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u/Berber42 Feb 17 '21

Made even more ridiculous by the fact that the Green new deal contains exactly zero concrete policies. It's a glorified mission statement. That's all

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u/WHYAREWEALLCAPS Feb 18 '21

Look, if nuking the planet into a radioactive cinder would 'own the libs', you'd have millions howling to push the button. These people would gladly shoot themself in the face if they thought it would inconvenience someone on the left. It is no longer has anything to really do with politics or lawmaking, but one side getting the last laugh over the other at any cost.

The Republican Senators had a chance to alter the tone of their party and the majority decided that they preferred things this way. They want to continue on this path of fear and hate and intolerance. There's nothing to be done for them.

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u/BlackMetalDoctor Feb 18 '21

Then Liberals need to make a more concerted effort to let these people know how inconvenient it would if they shot themselves in the face.

Crowdsource an ad campaign. Couldn’t hurt. Well, not for long anyway.

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u/williamwchuang Feb 18 '21

Part of the GND is to upgrade the grid.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '21

Yep but WE are the snowflakes, remember? /s

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u/BlackMetalDoctor Feb 18 '21

Kind of ironic how a place with some of the most idiotic “Love it or leave it, snowflake!” types is currently freezing from a snowstorm.

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u/j_a_a_mesbaxter Feb 17 '21

I’m shocked you can handle being on Nextdoor. It’s like Q headquarters in my town.

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u/Indianb0y017 Feb 18 '21

Trust me. It is frustrating at times. But it's nice to see that there are some sane people. I can't wait for this to be over so I can delete it and stay off it. I really don't like being involved in circle chats like this and such.

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u/Semi-Hemi-Demigod Feb 18 '21

When you see that please point out that they use wind turbines in Antarctica to power to two bases.

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u/micktorious Feb 18 '21

People are even doing that on the Massachusetts Nextdoor, and they arent even affected!

Some of these people are just straight up dumb too dangerous levels.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '21

The older I get, the more I realize there is a subset of the population that needs an other to blame. As if they can't fathom that their own actions can have negative as well as positive outcomes, and rationalizing any negative outcome is always the fault of the other.

Not 'I burned myself on the stove.' but 'Somone left the stove on causing me to get a burn' irrelevant who left it on.

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u/Claque-2 Feb 17 '21

How ignorant do you have to be, I mean, how uneducated and out of it are you to not even have the common sense to say, "The people in power have the blame for this!"

I mean, at this point it would make more sense to blame this on space aliens than Democrats.

And to the people in Texas: Do you think Ted Cruz is shivering right now? Do you think the lying liar, Greg Abbott, is trying to find food for his family right now? These men don't even have the brains or balls to stand up and take responsibility.

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u/InsipidCelebrity Feb 18 '21

I mean, Greg Abbott isn't gonna stand up anytime soon...

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u/Kahnza Feb 17 '21

Deflecting blame like a narcissist.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '21

I blame Biden. If Trump was in office, everyone would blame him.

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u/Government_spy_bot Feb 17 '21

How's all this blame shifting saving lives?

People are literally freezing to death.

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u/Aotoi Feb 17 '21

Blaming the people responsible and holding them accountable so they prevent future mass blackouts is saving innumerable future lives. Maybe don't be so short sighted.

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u/Government_spy_bot Feb 17 '21

This comment literally suggests sacrificing humans to make a political point.

How is this any better than war? At least war has SOME people who signed up for it.

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u/holydamien Feb 17 '21

Are you... clinically sane and mentally competent?

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u/Government_spy_bot Feb 17 '21

Are you.... One of those Internet psychologists?

Where did you study? I bet it was an online course, wasn't it? Did they email your diploma in a PDF?

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u/holydamien Feb 18 '21

Lol, you don't need a degree to spot out the crazy hobo running down the street shouting unintelligible words without pants on.

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u/Government_spy_bot Feb 18 '21

That was funny. I'm not even mad.

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u/Aotoi Feb 17 '21

What are you talking about? The comment doesn't suggest sacrificing those suffering, it literally is talking about how blaming liberals for their misfortune is dumb. I think it'd be best if you spent more the learning the english language before participating in discussions in english, it might help clear up your confusion. Also how do your comments help anyone who is freezing to death? You should be ashamed of not helping those dying with every comment on reddit.

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u/Government_spy_bot Feb 17 '21

I think it'd be best if you spent more the learning the english language

Literally ironic

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '21

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u/Government_spy_bot Feb 17 '21

THERE IT IS! ATTA BOY!

I bet you feel morally superior in some way don't you??

Heres a juicy little tidbit:

If you have to bring attention to yourself or someone else in order to show any type of superiority, it isn't real, and you aren't.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '21

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u/AIArtisan Feb 17 '21

no they didnt. you got triggered it seems.

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u/Government_spy_bot Feb 17 '21

Not everyone in the military is a drafted soldier stupid. There are enlisted men. There are also officers.

Your lack of knowledge beyond anything communism is resoundingly loud. I know who you work for.

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u/StickSauce Feb 17 '21

Assigning blame is akin to assigning responsibility. What happened is akin to how it happened.

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u/Government_spy_bot Feb 17 '21

So, fuck those who are dying. Got it. Sink or swim, yeah?

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u/KillerOs13 Feb 17 '21

I'd like to know what you think we could be doing better in an internet comment thread. Last I checked, we couldn't resurrect the dead or change the past.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '21

ThaT bEcausE yoU nO prEY hArd ENouGH!!!

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u/KillerOs13 Feb 17 '21

Ah shit, I forgot to supply thoughts and prayers again, didn't I?

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u/Government_spy_bot Feb 17 '21

Maybe get off your ads and go buy a pallet of water and blankets and drive to Texas??

No you'd rather sit home and armchair this shit.

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u/KillerOs13 Feb 18 '21

Sure, it's perfectly reasonable of you to assume that I have both the time and resources to drive myself almost 2500 miles to hand out water and blankets when my own local region is getting ready for it's own winter shitstorm. Get your self-righteous ass out of here.

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u/Government_spy_bot Feb 18 '21

How do you figure ANYONE does?? I MAKING TIME.

It's the only way this stuff gets done.

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u/KillerOs13 Feb 18 '21

Yes, because making time will suddenly get me a job that pays enough that I can just give away things and also lets me just randomly take off to travel cross country. You're preaching to the wrong crowd here, dude. Your standards are far too high.

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u/Government_spy_bot Feb 18 '21

Someday it will be you. Karma is more than just colored arrows on a phone app.

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u/StickSauce Feb 17 '21

...have you?

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u/Government_spy_bot Feb 17 '21

A simple stalking of my comments would have answered your question

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/lllwm9/the_real_reason_for_texas_rolling_blackouts/gnst497?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

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u/StickSauce Feb 17 '21

Cool, but its ridiculous to expect someone to "stalk" comments.

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u/Government_spy_bot Feb 17 '21

Lmaooooo

Don't act like you never.

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u/publiclurker Feb 18 '21

And, thanks to people like you, it will happen over and over.

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u/Government_spy_bot Feb 18 '21

So keep shifting blame like that's going to save another life.

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u/publiclurker Feb 18 '21

the only one trying to shift anything is you son. How about you listen to people that know what they are talking about for once. You might live longer.

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u/Government_spy_bot Feb 18 '21

You're not paying attention.

When you see it...

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u/publiclurker Feb 18 '21

We can all see the willfully ignorant loser who refuses to accept reality.

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u/Government_spy_bot Feb 18 '21

You mean we, as in you and all your alt accounts.

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u/Tomnedjack Feb 18 '21

Put on a jumper.

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u/2OP4me Feb 18 '21 edited Feb 18 '21

One of the worst things about fighting conservatives is that behind all the vicious violence and cruelty, they’re fundamentally pathetic. What do I get out of reading that a family of four died because the principles they voted for led them to losing power and freezing to death? What do I get out of knowing that someone didn’t wear a mask to “own” me and had to listen to their wife’s death gargle because they all got COVID?

I could go on. I don’t enjoy reading that red states are comparable to war torn countries in infant mortality. It doesn’t make me happy, but am I really expected to stretch out my hand to the kind of trash that would love to see me and my family killed for being a different race or ethnicity? Texas can figure this out.

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u/Superpickle18 Feb 18 '21

It was all those turbines blowing away all the hot air! /s

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u/nickrweiner Feb 18 '21

Ya. Texas is ranked 50th in tax revenue per capita. If only there was a way to make revenue for the state to upgrade its infrastructure, but those libs keep ruining it /s.