SR wrote: "The 2021 huge electricity supply shutdown in Texas ..."

The relevance of that is unclear. But that's SR for you.

Still, to continue my 'leg' analogy, the 2021 event shows that if you cut off one leg then it matters not at all how many artificial legs you have when the other develops arthritis.

The Texas grid had been gutted to allow for the introduction of so-called clean alternatives meaning that when the faecal matter hit the cooling device, there was no capacity to recover.

We are building the same problems into our grid.

Chariot Energy's blog tells us that:

"Everything is bigger in Texas including their energy
industry. Texas is bigger than some countries. It uses
and creates lots of energy. The Lone Star state is the
number one producer of electricity in the nation, nearly
twice the amount of Florida - so there's a reason they're
the only state with its own electricity grid."

However, we're also told that:

"The Texas renewable energy industry has shown up and
delivered on its promises (and then some):

1) Texas Renewables continue to climb as coal declines.

2) Texas provides nearly 38% of all US wind-powered
electricity.

3) Texas wind has produced more electricity than Texas
Nuclear since 2014.

4) The price of Texas solar has dropped 38% over the last 5 years.

5) Texas solar currently ranks 4th in the nation.

6) Texas Solar powers hundreds of thousands of homes."

And the list goes on.

Dear WTF?,

The Rio Grande will be flowing
The starry skies will be bright
And, the Yellow Rose of Texas
Will walk along the river
on a quiet summer night

All Thanks to renewable energy. (smile).

It sounds like WTF actually believes things broadcast on CNN.

That is about as intelligent as believing anything broadcast by their ABC, or the poms BBC. That must have something to do with ideology, It couldn't be due to anything rational.

WTF?

Hasbeen says: "WTF actually believes things broadcast on CNN"

If you do not trust CNN as an information source then do not use it.

A regular poster on here often suggests not to use the search engine Google because of reasons never articulated.

If you don't trust this search engine use another.

Use any search engine you like.

Search for information about the use of renewables in Texas and you will get the same information.

Criticising CNN, ABC or BBC will not change facts.

Dear mhaze,

You really don't get to just ignore what the experts meant when they said "gas and coal were actually the biggest culprits in the crisis".

I know your world view is tied up in poo pooing climate change but it really doesn't count for much in the real world.

Further claiming the Texas energy grid has been "gutted" when renewables only account for 20% of the mix is just stupid.

Part of the problem is the fact that Texas has a grid which is the only wholly independent one in the country. All the others are interconnected. Capitalism at its finest.