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Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Feb-2021 07:51:12 EST
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The Texas grid got crushed because its operators didnt see the need to prepare for cold weather Natural gas turbines and some nuclear power went offline due to cold. With climate change increasingly disrupting polar air flows, this will happen again. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/16/ercot-texas-electric-grid-failure/