In addition to their legendary "skills" for driving in anything resembling snow.
What caused the Texas disaster? Decades of Republican deregulation: "Laissez-faire run amok" | Salon.com
What caused the Texas disaster? Decades of Republican deregulation: "Laissez-faire run amok" | Salon.com
Quote:The massive energy failure that brought Texas to a halt in the middle of a record-setting winter snap this week was not an unavoidable natural disaster. It has roots in decades of deregulation driven by conservative elected officials that prized the state's rogue mythology and short-term gains over long-term catastrophic risk.
When temperatures plummeted across the Lone Star State on Sunday night, demand for heat soared. The Texas power grid, uniquely detached from the Eastern and Western national grids, faltered under the strain, forcing the state's energy regulator, ERCOT, to mandate that cities and towns cut as much usage as possible to head off a total collapse which could have left residents in the dark for months.