reason is because wind turbines are frozen. half of the state s wind power capacity was reportedly off-line. former energy secretary rick perry says what s happening in his home state could be a sign of things to come. if this green new deal goes forward the way the biden administration appears to want it to, we will have more events like we ve had in texas all across the country as we strangle the diversity that we are going to need to keep this country going and keep this country economically powerful. jesse: the wall street journal editorial board of summing things up this way. here is the paradox of the left s climate agenda. the less we use fossil fuels, the more we need them. the biden administration s plan is a greater existential threat to americans than climate change. dana, i know you read that editorial at 6:00 this morning and it makes a great point, you have to have coal, you have to have is nuclear in the mix as backup when suddenly this goes down. dana
the second day without power, and roughly 3 million of them are now looking at their second night with no heat. many people are angry, they are frustrated asking how this could have happened. what started as rolling it to stave a strange power grid has turned into something else entirely. i can t cook anything, most things are closed or i don t want to risk going out because people are not able to drive in the roads that are not treated properly. we watched the temperature drop at her house. 55, where at 53 now. we re going to go sit in the car for a little bit to keep warm. energy providers say because of the equipment failures, too much demand, not enough supplies, they can tell people when the power will go back on. just because there is a danger people freezing. at least four people have already died in houston, two suspected carbon monoxide deaths, to others, exposure to the elements. at the cold also canceled covid vaccine operations there and across the state