First of all, only 13% of their energy comes from renewable sources, but telling the truth defeats your purpose. ALSO, if they had done proper maintenance, they wouldn’t be chipping. At least you did show Cruz for the low life he is.
(sigh). Even if ALL the windmills failed (they didn’t) it would only take out between 12% and 13% of Texas’s power. What DID fail was the pipes/valves for bringing natural gas to the generators. They froze. Oh, and a fission plant whose coolant water froze so they had to shut it down.
It’s weird, we’ve hit -30 Fahrenheit in Northern Illinois and our wind turbines don’t seem to freeze up very often, and certainly never all of them. Of course, we make them for 4 seasons and not just the weather we’d like to have.
As for Texas less than 20 percent of their energy comes from wind turbines and the larger part of their problem is their antiquated grid.
Yesterday, on a different political cartoon, I commented that people on the left should wait until the crisis was over before criticizing Republican policy in Texas. Give the Republican leadership of Texas time to deal with the crisis. In other words, worry about the human suffering first, then later, after the crisis was over, point out how Republican core beliefs helped lead to the crisis. It could have been a moment of what President Biden meant by unity; all of us are in this together. Jackassary like this cartoon make me realize I was wrong. Bok and other Republicans are intent on getting out their inaccurate version first so it becomes the accepted explanation of what caused the problems. I guess those of us on the left will have to criticize Republican leadership immediately. Mr. Bok, thank you for destroying another attempt at national unity.
Just imagine, folks: Chip makes money with cartoons like this – parroting the lies used to cover up administrative incompetence. PROPERLY maintained wind turbines work just fine in the cold – and their loss wasn’t responsible for Texas’ woes to begin with. Chip doesn’t care. It brings in the bucks.
Bok can’t blame those Texan Republicans responsible, from Rick Perry to those in office now, so it’s time for page 1 of the alt-right handbook: deflect and lie.
I knew the right-wing cartoonists were going to regurgitate the BS that the Republican politicians and Faux News pushed that Green energy was to blame for the power outages in Texas. Their heads would explode if they bothered to look for the truth. So, let’s start with the facts:
88% of electric power in Texas is provided by natural gas and coal power; 7% by wind. The remainder by solar or nuclear. As this article in the Texas Tribune succinctly puts it: “Texas is a gas state…”
Texas is also the only state that is not on a shared grid with other states. Texas did this to avoid Federal regulations. This also meant that utility companies were not required to winterize their infrastructure. Electric companies in Texas are regulated by a state chartered but privately run group called The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCoT). The council members are mostly retired utility company executives.
During the power outage 1 out of the 4 nuclear stations in Texas failed. The gas lines froze. The percentage power provided by wind actually went up from 7% to 8.9% on an increased demand of 40%. Wind power kept working while other sources failed.
Texas is the epitome of Reagan’s libertarian-republican dream: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help.”
That Tucker on Fox is going on and on with lies about windmills when everyone knows the electric system in Texas froze because totally incompetent anti science republicans were too cheap to buy thermal blankets for critical infrastructure.
A bunch of Texas good ole boys were out carousing Saturday night and headed home well loaded as dawn was breaking Sunday. Their pickup truck veered into the oncoming lane, hit a minivan head on, and killed a whole family headed for early church. When they arrived at their deserved destination, even the devil was incensed, directed them to the hottest corner of hell and turned up the thermostat all the way. When he came back to check on them, he found them still celebrating: “Why this is just like home.” I’ll show them, says old Nick, so he transferred them to the coldest spot in hell and turned the thermostat all the way down. Came back the next morning to check and found the Texans still celebrating. “What the hell is going on?” asked the devil. Replied a good ole boy: “Hell just froze over. That must mean Ted Cruz is president!”
Why prioritize trying to repair a power source that is a small part of your total power production? The gas system supplies much more, and it is frozen up too.
“Texas has come to rely increasingly on wind power in recent years. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts said last August that the state’s usage of wind power has ‘more than quadrupled’ since 2009, with wind rising to supply 20% of the state’s total energy needs in 2019”
Natural gas, the largest source of energy in the state dropped 23%. Same for coal which is the second largest source. Nuclear, and wind compete for third place. Nukes dropped 26%. Wind dropped 91%!
Looks like they were all vulnerable to to the cold snap but more so for wind.
Texans must be really incompetent if they can’t keep their windmills running when up north we make them work just fine in worse weather. Meanwhile, they can’t even keep their natural gas lines from freezing, and they’re supposed to be the experts on fossil fuels. MEANWHILE, ol’ Ted lied through his teeth about his little trip to Cancun, even throwing his daughters under the bus. Now, I know there are good people in Texas — I know some of them, and they are heroes in every sense — but the leadership there with their insane deregulation obsession and their go-it-alone attitude are doing the people there wrong. Ted’s just the poster boy for it.
Let’s blame all this Texas mess on the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Longhorns and Dallas Stars for irritating Mother Nature with their vile cheerleaders and not do as the Texas teams do, eh?
Gas in Texas not only is used to produce electricity, but also to directly heat homes. The failure of the natural gas distribution system caused power and home heating failures.
Once again we fail to do any real research on the matter. Simply lazy cartooning! How do you think people in Scotland and the Nordic countries cope in the winter Chip? They ‘winterize’ their turbines, that’s how! In Northern Europe, wind power operates very reliably in even colder temperatures, including the upper Arctic regions of Finland, Norway, and Sweden. As long as wind turbines are properly maintained and serviced, they can operate reliably in temperatures well below zero. Humans, to carry out servicing and maintenance and operation, are the most important factor, not the weather. Don’t belittle us by simply repeating the conservatives newspeak, please.https://www.newsweek.com/texas-wind-turbines-frozen-power-why-arctic-1570173
Daeder about 3 years ago
I guess this means Bok has chosen to join the conservative sect that is against Diaper Don and his minions, right?
Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 3 years ago
Bok is pushing the repub’s lie and blaming the wind turbines.
Cruz should’ve stayed in Cancun and never come back.
RAGs about 3 years ago
First of all, only 13% of their energy comes from renewable sources, but telling the truth defeats your purpose. ALSO, if they had done proper maintenance, they wouldn’t be chipping. At least you did show Cruz for the low life he is.
Concretionist about 3 years ago
(sigh). Even if ALL the windmills failed (they didn’t) it would only take out between 12% and 13% of Texas’s power. What DID fail was the pipes/valves for bringing natural gas to the generators. They froze. Oh, and a fission plant whose coolant water froze so they had to shut it down.
Patjade about 3 years ago
Baghdad Bok is propagating the conspiracy theory and lies about Texas wind power. The truth is, most of the grid is gas and coal, and it froze.
LookingGlass Premium Member about 3 years ago
I see that Travelin Cruz, aka #CancunCruz is back to lend his “moral” support to the Republic of Texas!!
/SNARK/
Walter Kocker Premium Member about 3 years ago
I guess time will tell if Cancun becomes Cruz’s Waterloo . . .
braindead Premium Member about 3 years ago
Wow, Trump Disciple Bok criticizes Trump Disciple Rafael Cruz.
Can’t Lindsay Graham settle everyone down?
GiantShetlandPony about 3 years ago
It’s weird, we’ve hit -30 Fahrenheit in Northern Illinois and our wind turbines don’t seem to freeze up very often, and certainly never all of them. Of course, we make them for 4 seasons and not just the weather we’d like to have.
As for Texas less than 20 percent of their energy comes from wind turbines and the larger part of their problem is their antiquated grid.
currysteph Premium Member about 3 years ago
what you dont say is that he left BEFORE the storm BECAUSE antifia was ’protesting/ harassing outside his house threatening him and his family
tbemont Premium Member about 3 years ago
Yesterday, on a different political cartoon, I commented that people on the left should wait until the crisis was over before criticizing Republican policy in Texas. Give the Republican leadership of Texas time to deal with the crisis. In other words, worry about the human suffering first, then later, after the crisis was over, point out how Republican core beliefs helped lead to the crisis. It could have been a moment of what President Biden meant by unity; all of us are in this together. Jackassary like this cartoon make me realize I was wrong. Bok and other Republicans are intent on getting out their inaccurate version first so it becomes the accepted explanation of what caused the problems. I guess those of us on the left will have to criticize Republican leadership immediately. Mr. Bok, thank you for destroying another attempt at national unity.
William Bednar Premium Member about 3 years ago
Ok, Ted, you can go back to Cancun. Nothing to see here.
6th Billiard Ball Student about 3 years ago
Any sane person now surely knows that wind turbines are inferior and unreliable under typical non-harsh winter conditions.
ncorgbl about 3 years ago
The pictures of frozen windmills on FOX ‘news’ during Tucker Carlson were actually stock footage from a few years ago in Sweden. SameO FOX.
Darsan54 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Well, now that they have their chief source of hot air back, Texans will be fine.
davidthoms1 about 3 years ago
You don’t need a ladder to see frozen natural gas.
pc368dude about 3 years ago
Just imagine, folks: Chip makes money with cartoons like this – parroting the lies used to cover up administrative incompetence. PROPERLY maintained wind turbines work just fine in the cold – and their loss wasn’t responsible for Texas’ woes to begin with. Chip doesn’t care. It brings in the bucks.
Masterskrain Premium Member about 3 years ago
Funny, isn’t it that wind turbines work JUST FINE in Sweden and Scotland and even in the Arctic, but they DON’T seem to work in Texass…
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-wind-turbines-frozen-power-why-arctic-1570173
piper_gilbert about 3 years ago
They deregulated to make the rich richer. It caught up with them.
superposition about 3 years ago
Back in 2008 …
https://www.power-technology.com/projects/rossislandwindfarm/
mourdac Premium Member about 3 years ago
Bok can’t blame those Texan Republicans responsible, from Rick Perry to those in office now, so it’s time for page 1 of the alt-right handbook: deflect and lie.
evanmarhews about 3 years ago
Bok why aren’t you covering for Cruz like a good little republican ??
BE THIS GUY about 3 years ago
I knew the right-wing cartoonists were going to regurgitate the BS that the Republican politicians and Faux News pushed that Green energy was to blame for the power outages in Texas. Their heads would explode if they bothered to look for the truth. So, let’s start with the facts:
88% of electric power in Texas is provided by natural gas and coal power; 7% by wind. The remainder by solar or nuclear. As this article in the Texas Tribune succinctly puts it: “Texas is a gas state…”
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/16/natural-gas-power-storm/
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Texas is also the only state that is not on a shared grid with other states. Texas did this to avoid Federal regulations. This also meant that utility companies were not required to winterize their infrastructure. Electric companies in Texas are regulated by a state chartered but privately run group called The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCoT). The council members are mostly retired utility company executives.
https://www.power-grid.com/blogs/has-privatization-failed-texas-utility-customers/#grefThe
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During the power outage 1 out of the 4 nuclear stations in Texas failed. The gas lines froze. The percentage power provided by wind actually went up from 7% to 8.9% on an increased demand of 40%. Wind power kept working while other sources failed.
https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2021/2/17/22287130/texas-natural-gas-production-power-outages-frozen?__twitter_impression=true
Texas had gone through similar cold spells in 2011 and 2014, yet did nothing to prepare for the next one.
https://this.kiji.is/734853212057550848?c=592622757532812385
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librarylady59 about 3 years ago
Texas is the epitome of Reagan’s libertarian-republican dream: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help.”
dnotkin Premium Member about 3 years ago
And what would you Senator Cruz do to restore the electrical output?
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
That Tucker on Fox is going on and on with lies about windmills when everyone knows the electric system in Texas froze because totally incompetent anti science republicans were too cheap to buy thermal blankets for critical infrastructure.
waltkamp about 3 years ago
A bunch of Texas good ole boys were out carousing Saturday night and headed home well loaded as dawn was breaking Sunday. Their pickup truck veered into the oncoming lane, hit a minivan head on, and killed a whole family headed for early church. When they arrived at their deserved destination, even the devil was incensed, directed them to the hottest corner of hell and turned up the thermostat all the way. When he came back to check on them, he found them still celebrating: “Why this is just like home.” I’ll show them, says old Nick, so he transferred them to the coldest spot in hell and turned the thermostat all the way down. Came back the next morning to check and found the Texans still celebrating. “What the hell is going on?” asked the devil. Replied a good ole boy: “Hell just froze over. That must mean Ted Cruz is president!”
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
The Hill.
Ocasio-Cortez raises $1 million for Texas relief, plans trip to Houston | TheHill
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Even tho the right wing zealots tried to kill her, OAC raised a million for Texas.
I haven’t seen the vicious lying greedy right wing do anything charitable yet.
Kracklin Rosie - “Tolo Dan Nan Galad” Premium Member about 3 years ago
2020: The year of hell. 2021: The year hell froze.
wsedrel Premium Member about 3 years ago
At least when they’re froze they can’t cause cancer!
cracker65 about 3 years ago
They better be defrosting the natural gas lines. Stupidity is lethal.
ferddo about 3 years ago
Why prioritize trying to repair a power source that is a small part of your total power production? The gas system supplies much more, and it is frozen up too.
guyjen2004 Premium Member about 3 years ago
“Texas has come to rely increasingly on wind power in recent years. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts said last August that the state’s usage of wind power has ‘more than quadrupled’ since 2009, with wind rising to supply 20% of the state’s total energy needs in 2019”
Natural gas, the largest source of energy in the state dropped 23%. Same for coal which is the second largest source. Nuclear, and wind compete for third place. Nukes dropped 26%. Wind dropped 91%!
Looks like they were all vulnerable to to the cold snap but more so for wind.
cdward about 3 years ago
Texans must be really incompetent if they can’t keep their windmills running when up north we make them work just fine in worse weather. Meanwhile, they can’t even keep their natural gas lines from freezing, and they’re supposed to be the experts on fossil fuels. MEANWHILE, ol’ Ted lied through his teeth about his little trip to Cancun, even throwing his daughters under the bus. Now, I know there are good people in Texas — I know some of them, and they are heroes in every sense — but the leadership there with their insane deregulation obsession and their go-it-alone attitude are doing the people there wrong. Ted’s just the poster boy for it.
gravygraves about 3 years ago
looks like Eddie Munster
6th Billiard Ball Student about 3 years ago
Let’s blame all this Texas mess on the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Longhorns and Dallas Stars for irritating Mother Nature with their vile cheerleaders and not do as the Texas teams do, eh?
Frankfreak about 3 years ago
Gas in Texas not only is used to produce electricity, but also to directly heat homes. The failure of the natural gas distribution system caused power and home heating failures.
grumpypophobart about 3 years ago
Once again we fail to do any real research on the matter. Simply lazy cartooning! How do you think people in Scotland and the Nordic countries cope in the winter Chip? They ‘winterize’ their turbines, that’s how! In Northern Europe, wind power operates very reliably in even colder temperatures, including the upper Arctic regions of Finland, Norway, and Sweden. As long as wind turbines are properly maintained and serviced, they can operate reliably in temperatures well below zero. Humans, to carry out servicing and maintenance and operation, are the most important factor, not the weather. Don’t belittle us by simply repeating the conservatives newspeak, please.https://www.newsweek.com/texas-wind-turbines-frozen-power-why-arctic-1570173