The stars at night are real bright when there's no light deep in the heart of Texas.

Thaluikhain

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I want to let this subject die, but I can't for some dang reason.


It's too hot in May for our grid.
Advising people to put their own consumption limits on power? Yeah, good luck with that.

Maybe you could do that in London during the Blitz (they asked people to, don't know how successful it was), but getting modern people in Texas to do it is another thing.
 

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Advising people to put their own consumption limits on power? Yeah, good luck with that.

Maybe you could do that in London during the Blitz (they asked people to, don't know how successful it was), but getting modern people in Texas to do it is another thing.
These days, if the government told people to use blackout curtains a significant strain of morons would start shining floodlights at the sky
 

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Advising people to put their own consumption limits on power? Yeah, good luck with that.

Maybe you could do that in London during the Blitz (they asked people to, don't know how successful it was), but getting modern people in Texas to do it is another thing.
I think you've stumbled on the mechanism to get people to obey. Randomly drop bombs among those who don't!
 

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You know it really depresses me that this statement is utterly plausible.
Eh, a bunch of the people doing it would have a big swastika collection at home, so if you squint it looks lik
I think you've stumbled on the mechanism to get people to obey. Randomly drop bombs among those who don't!
Covid has had little success doing that to anti-vaxxers, though.
 

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In a properly functioning democracy, politicians who couldn't get their pants on the right way round over something as basic as power generation would be drummed out of office.
 

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You need to temper your air conditioning usage so that the bitcoin miners still have power to use

He's fucking kidding right? Its not like they're some kind of critical industry, tell them to dial the fuck down or run at night when its cooler or at reduced capacity. And if there's no compliance, cut their connection.