pro_grammer@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTexas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energyfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up1721arrow-down112cross-posted to: texas@lemmy.world
arrow-up1709arrow-down1external-linkTexas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energyfortune.compro_grammer@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square168fedilinkcross-posted to: texas@lemmy.world
minus-squareEww@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·1 month agoLike the time people were freezing to death during a power outage while the governor took a vacation to Cancún?
minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·1 month agoExactly, they were too poor to heat their homes and that was their choice.
minus-squarewebadict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThe biggest mistake a lot of people make is being born poor.
minus-squareandros_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 month agoYeah, if you want a governor abandoning his people, look to Kevin Stitt (Oklahoma) last year when Tulsa was without power for about a week. Lieutenant Governor was out too, literally no one had any idea who was in charge of the state.
Like the time people were freezing to death during a power outage while the governor took a vacation to Cancún?
Exactly, they were too poor to heat their homes and that was their choice.
The biggest mistake a lot of people make is being born poor.
*Senator
Yeah, if you want a governor abandoning his people, look to Kevin Stitt (Oklahoma) last year when Tulsa was without power for about a week. Lieutenant Governor was out too, literally no one had any idea who was in charge of the state.