I’m in! We need Texas to secede and then pull the rest of the south and Midwest with it.
Brilliant idea dude. So, who gets the Navy, the Coast Guard, the Marine Corps, Army and Air Force?
Texas has several strengths, including a nearly autonomous power grid, except for El Paso being connected to the west grid and parts of East Texas being connected to the Eastern US grid.
And the state has two nuclear power plants, natural gas plants, coal fire, etc. - and lots of oil and natural gas production to keep the lights on.
Every other state has a big problem trying to be energy independent and divorcing from the national grid.