• Amoxtli@thelemmy.clubOP
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    6 months ago

    Certainly, but Texas is mostly Cfa, humid subtropical; it isn’t always clear skies in Texas. Texas does get a lot of cloudy skies. There is a reason why solar and wind have climate recommendations; that is for maximizing reliability. I just don’t think that solar power from West Texas and wind from the Texas panel handle going all the way to the population centers and the population core of Texas is worth it. Activist claim solutions, but they are comprises, not solutions. I support regional grids that take advantage of their own strengths. Northwest Texas and the panhandle should take advantage of wind energy for their own consumption. It is costly to export the energy. This is true of exports in general consumer standard of living; it is better for Texans, and Americans to consume their own energy, than it is to export., because it is cheaper Especially, when you have a federal government that has economic sanctions on fungible commodity and now puts the responsibility on supplying more oil and natural gas due to artificial supply restrictions.