Texas Endure Freezing Temperatures Without Power With No Clear End In Sight – Houston Public Media
First, Representative Gene Wu, Texas House of Representatives District 137, walks us through the “cascade” of problems that caused multiple generators to go out without back-ups in place. Including, water vapor inside natural gas generators that condensed and froze shutting down the machines and nuclear power plants whose cooling ponds froze, setting off automatic shutdowns. Rep. Wu also advocates turning off all non-emergency electronics to reduce the strain on the energy grid. Then, Gary Sostack, president of ElementaLogistics, walks us through some of the political and “profit-motiv...
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