• Texas power prices soared 20,000% Wednesday evening amid another brutal heat wave.

  • Spot electricity prices topped $5,000 per megawatt-hour, up more than 200 times from Wednesday morning.

  • The state’s grid operator issued its second-highest energy emergency, then later said conditions returned to normal.

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      Texas: Big government is evil!

      Also Texas: Big government, the climate change weve been denying is boiling us please save our freedom grid

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      I want a book that’s just passive aggressive notes signed by Jesus

      "Bet it all on the Steelers huh? Bet your wife is going to be real happy about that.

      -Jesus Christ"

      "Oh you sure showed that group of children who’s boss yes sir.

      -Jesus Christ"

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    As a lib, I feel so owned.

    I’m glad I live in Washington state with our cheap renewable energy.

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      You are kind of owned, since these red states fucking up just means that more of your tax money will go to saving these idiots from themselves through federal aid

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        As another fellow Washingtonian, I’m getting pretty tired of subsidizing willful stupidity.

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          Red states are a luxury we can’t afford anymore. They need to pull themselves up by their freedom bootstraps and start turning a profit, or the spigot turns off.

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            Man, red states are much different here and there. Here red state means communist state, in US it is exact opposite.

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          honestly it’s not willful for a lot of residents there because of gerrymandering instead of redistricting.