Feb 23, 2021
By now, most Americans understand something went very wrong in Texas last week. Early efforts to play the blame game were off the mark, as some wanted to spread the idea the entire fiasco was the fault of wind and solar energy operations that had been frozen by an unusually harsh and long-lasting winter blast.
Texas isn’t known for priding itself on its renewable energy network, however. It is known for its pride in independence, thumbing its nose at the federal government, and fossil fuels. Most of the time, that combination appears to work quite well for Texas. Now we know what happens when it doesn’t.