Opinion
Getting off the grid: More Americans are losing trust in Big Energy and want to go it alone
People feel they have no control over their energy supply.
Dan Bryant and his wife Anna huddle by the fire with sons Benny, 3, and Sam, 12 weeks, along with their dog Joey, also wearing two doggie sweaters, with power out and temperatures dropping inside their home after a winter storm brought snow and freezing temperatures to North Texas on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, in Garland. The Bryant’s, who lost power Monday morning, were wearing outdoor winter clothes, down to snow boots, hat, and ski pants, and even their dog Joey had two doggie sweaters. More than 2 million Texans were without power after the winter storm prompted outages. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
grid might be threatened by that. because you ve got, like i said, a nuclear plant doesn t mean turning the knobs up and down is not necessarily an efficient way to run a big grid. so i thi perry, you can talk to him more in detail about this. but as i ve studied the issue, absolutely, power grid security is a very important thing. and one of the problems is that government subsidies have gone out front and put subsidies on things which maybe have some green benefits, but also put the stress i hear you, but most of the coal generation has really moved to natural gas, which is as reliable as coal. we have a stead supply of natural gas, more of it than most countries in the world. actually, i m just not an expert enough to say natural gas and coal are as reliable. there s pipelines and things like that, but i see your point. and the issue, really, is the stuff that goes on and off. and we have a big increase and if you re running a power grid, that s really a challenge. and if you