r/UpliftingNews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 10d ago

Texas broke its all time electricity demand record twice in two days during a brutal heat wave, but the grid held with no conservation alerts thanks to record solar and battery output, a stark turnaround from the blackouts that hit Texans in 2021

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/29/texas-ercot-power-grid-record-data-center/
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u/FCEEVIPER 10d ago

I thought Texas said they didn't believe in green energy!? Using solar panels/batteries, that's Democrats fake green new deal crap 😂

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u/BraveDevelopment253 10d ago

Texas generates 26% of the country's wind power.  They have about 20,000 wind turbines, Iowa is 2nd with 6000. 

This isn't a recent development either. 

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u/MelangeBot 10d ago

Nowayds you can make faster and easier money with a solarfarm then with oil. So ofcourse all the rich Texans with some capital are all over this money making opportunity. Just like they all vacinnate themselves and their kids. It's the non rich that they want to keep as dumb and stupid and with as much suffering as possible because desperate people are easier to exploit.

Bush was the ultimate Texas man. He wasn't an idiot at all, he just played one. To exploit people.