pro_grammer@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTexas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energyfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1440arrow-down14
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minus-squaremagnetosphere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 years agoOh, Texas. Your power grid is an endless source of amusement (for people who don’t have to rely on it, of course).
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·2 years agoLosing power for three days, but knowing my energy bill will be twice as high as last months is always a cool feeling.
minus-squaremagnetosphere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoSmartass remarks aside, you have my sympathies.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoI mean, I work in the O&G industry. Y’all have every right to be as smartass as you please.
minus-squareguacupado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoEverything’s bigger in Texas. Especially the incompetence.
minus-squareguacupado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoThe reason Texans hate government so much is because they have no idea what it looks like when it’s run correctly.
Oh, Texas. Your power grid is an endless source of amusement (for people who don’t have to rely on it, of course).
Losing power for three days, but knowing my energy bill will be twice as high as last months is always a cool feeling.
Smartass remarks aside, you have my sympathies.
I mean, I work in the O&G industry. Y’all have every right to be as smartass as you please.
Everything’s bigger in Texas.
Especially the incompetence.
The reason Texans hate government so much is because they have no idea what it looks like when it’s run correctly.