Why The Rigged Energy System In Texas Wonât Improve Anytime Soon Why Things Won't Get Better In Texas Anytime Soon The misery and death in Texas, where the state electric grid was taken down by unusual but predictable cold weather, underscore the misguided conservative Republican values of less regulation, devil-may-care burning of fossil fuels, dangerous tax cuts and unfettered trust in markets as the universal problem solver. In Texas, the blame for the unheated homes, the dark urban skylines, and winter water shortages is on just one politicianâGreg Abbott. He has been g...