Thank you so much for catching that too. It’s a very sort of Soviet style gaslighting tactic. And that poster, if a Christian (Presbyterian?) as his username implies, especially should know better. Self-examination and humility are Christian virtues. And so often the Scriptures speak about needing to be above reproach even by the standards of the sinful authorities of this world.
Okay. I am in fact a conservative Christian from Texas. I suffered through the 2021 Snowpocalypse. I also know that the Texas Tribune is not to be trusted even when the tell the truth, because when they do tell the truth they only tell half-truths like this piece does. Yes it is true that when demand exceeded supply during the storm, power was cut to natural gas infrastructure which made things worse. That problem has been addressed since the storm. The real cause of the outage was the state’s over reliance on wind and solar power during a state wide snow storm. ERCOT foolishly had not required wind or solar generating companies to secure backup power generation to make up for the unreliability of wind and solar power, when the turbines were covered in ice and the solar panels covered in snow. During that storm, I monitored ERCOT’s website in real-time and could see daily the failure of wind and solar to supply any electricity to the grid. The Tribune piece does not address this given their obvious bias. I’m particularly tired of Freepers throwing stones at Texas while we are hurting from a natural disaster. Yes our conservative leadership is not above criticism, but bringing up a problem from 3 years ago that appears to be solved does suggest an agenda by the poster.