pro_grammer@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoTexas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energyfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up1719arrow-down112
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minus-squaremagnetosphere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·6 months 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-up33arrow-down1·6 months 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-up18·6 months agoSmartass remarks aside, you have my sympathies.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 months 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-up3·6 months agoEverything’s bigger in Texas. Especially the incompetence.
minus-squareguacupado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months 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.