FACT – there are windfarms in Antarctica. Cold isn’t a problem if something is built properly.
FACT – Texas’ power predominantly comes from natural gas, not wind. The recent problems was due to natural gas providing drastically less energy than expected.
FACT – Payne’s comic is misleading and blatantly wrong (as usual)
I see that Stupid Henry Payne is trying to push that vastly debunked lie. How stupid is he to try and push it a week after it was debunked? Pretty stupid, if you ask me. But then, he wouldn’t be known as Stupid Henry Payne otherwise.
Sure, it’s wind turbines’ fault that they were not winterized… and it’s wind turbines’ fault that there was such a wide power outage despite only being expected to provide 7% of the power…
“And they say the noise causes cancer. You tell me that one (makes whirring noise mimicking a turbine.” So said our former fearless leader. The GQP folks thought trump would like them for claiming the catastrophe was wind power’s fault.
And this would be why people think Republicans are mindless propagandists. How did that natural gas production do during the freeze? As a conservative, I beg you to please stop embarrassing me.
Payne isn’t actually ignorant. He loves cars with internal combustion engines. "Vroom! Vroom! probably sexually excites him. He can’t get that sound with an electric vehicle, so he must support the oil industry with all his heart. If that means lying, no problem, eh Henry?
But lies like this are so transparent, that it is clear he has no shame.
The fact that burning oil, which is in limited supply and might be needed for other purposes escapes people like Henry. Wait until he has to buy gasoline that started out as coal. The Germans, in WW2, had to do that. A measure most desperate.
Wind power works fine in Iceland and Norway. Texas power companies went cheap with wind just as they did with natural gas production. They protected neither from the cold they hoped would never come. They only had ten years of repeated warnings.
Wind farms are generating just fine here in Illinois all winter. Most of the time when you see any not moving, they were shut down as there was no demand for their energy at that time.
Payne is from Michigan. He should know better “Michigan ranks among the top 15 states in the nation in electricity generation from wind. Renewable energy resources are used to generate about 8% of Michigan’s electricity. Most of the state’s renewable electricity generation comes from wind.”
Wind power that only provided 10% of power to the overall grid is responsible for the failure of the other 90% provided by fossil fuels in the leading fossil fuel state in America. This Right Wing argument is hilarious.
Read a little Henry. Do some research for yourself, rather than simply slavishly repeating what your idols tell you. Change the channel on your TV. Tune into some other station on your radio. ‘Google’ it. I did. Here are two items for your edification: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-56085733https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-texas-wind-turbines-explain-idUSKBN2AJ2EI
Because, according to Payne, if Texas can’t get it right through corruption and flouting all safety guidelines, no one else could ever possibly get it right.
Lawyers have found the parents of 105 separated migrant children in past month
The parents of 506 separated migrant children still haven’t been found, however. Lawyers say the parents of 322 of them were likely to have been deported.
The crisis wasn’t due to where the power came from, it was due to avoiding spending the money to winterize the electrical plants. Wind, gas AND oil plants froze — if just the wind farms froze Texas still would have had about 75% of their power. Political cartoons lambasting Biden and/or his policies are fair game. However, this isn’t about political policy, it is assigning blame to promote a political agenda and/or avoid blame for the suffering. Political cartoons being political are often partisan and that’s ok, but they are only funny if they are based on TRUTH. This is not.
martens about 3 years ago
You’d think Payne would be embarrassed to make such a spectacle of his stupidity.
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
Lies are all that right wingers have, its their renewable resource, Republicans never run out of lies.
brwydave Premium Member about 3 years ago
Where’s the car, isn’t there supposed to be a car, maybe one with solar panels on the roof.
I Play One On TV about 3 years ago
Stunning. Even for you, Mr. Payne. Does the Detroit News have any guidelines about ethics and honesty regarding its contributors?
Flatlander, purveyor of fine covfefe about 3 years ago
BS, we have wind farms out here in the flatlands and at -40c they keep working.
Aliquid about 3 years ago
FACT – there are windfarms in Antarctica. Cold isn’t a problem if something is built properly.
FACT – Texas’ power predominantly comes from natural gas, not wind. The recent problems was due to natural gas providing drastically less energy than expected.
FACT – Payne’s comic is misleading and blatantly wrong (as usual)
Patjade about 3 years ago
I see that Stupid Henry Payne is trying to push that vastly debunked lie. How stupid is he to try and push it a week after it was debunked? Pretty stupid, if you ask me. But then, he wouldn’t be known as Stupid Henry Payne otherwise.
Lola85 Premium Member about 3 years ago
From what I understand, if the turbines had been winterized, this wouldn’t have happened.
ferddo about 3 years ago
Sure, it’s wind turbines’ fault that they were not winterized… and it’s wind turbines’ fault that there was such a wide power outage despite only being expected to provide 7% of the power…
PatL Premium Member about 3 years ago
Payne’s brain blew away years ago
librarylady59 about 3 years ago
“And they say the noise causes cancer. You tell me that one (makes whirring noise mimicking a turbine.” So said our former fearless leader. The GQP folks thought trump would like them for claiming the catastrophe was wind power’s fault.
JanaKralovna about 3 years ago
And this would be why people think Republicans are mindless propagandists. How did that natural gas production do during the freeze? As a conservative, I beg you to please stop embarrassing me.
DrDon1 about 3 years ago
Payne is the ‘Ron Johnson’ of GoComics!
jack666 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Mr. Payne, why are you intent on reinforcing the belief that all conservatives are liars?
evanmarhews about 3 years ago
typical ignorant Payne. A child knows more !ahild
Teto85 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Payne must be smoking some of that powerful Texas locoweed.
braindead Premium Member about 3 years ago
What would be truly surprising would be a Payne cartoon that doesn’t LIE.
Of course, that would get you thrown out of the Party Of Trump.
Trump Disciples, like Payne, are required to LIE about every issue.
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member about 3 years ago
Payne isn’t actually ignorant. He loves cars with internal combustion engines. "Vroom! Vroom! probably sexually excites him. He can’t get that sound with an electric vehicle, so he must support the oil industry with all his heart. If that means lying, no problem, eh Henry?
But lies like this are so transparent, that it is clear he has no shame.
The fact that burning oil, which is in limited supply and might be needed for other purposes escapes people like Henry. Wait until he has to buy gasoline that started out as coal. The Germans, in WW2, had to do that. A measure most desperate.
Wlly Blly about 3 years ago
This cartoon is a flat out lie.
How do idiots like Payne get away with this nonsense?
davidthoms1 about 3 years ago
Wind power works fine in Iceland and Norway. Texas power companies went cheap with wind just as they did with natural gas production. They protected neither from the cold they hoped would never come. They only had ten years of repeated warnings.
wsedrel Premium Member about 3 years ago
…& don’t forget, they cause cancer! Trump, Limbaugh, Payne, Goebbels…
GiantShetlandPony about 3 years ago
Wind farms are generating just fine here in Illinois all winter. Most of the time when you see any not moving, they were shut down as there was no demand for their energy at that time.
Ontman about 3 years ago
Payne wouldn’t know truth if it was all there was to see.
TX Golfer Premium Member about 3 years ago
As a Texan that lived through it, I’m insulted that he is so ignorant of what really happened!
smartgrr about 3 years ago
Payne is from Michigan. He should know better “Michigan ranks among the top 15 states in the nation in electricity generation from wind. Renewable energy resources are used to generate about 8% of Michigan’s electricity. Most of the state’s renewable electricity generation comes from wind.”
gcottay about 3 years ago
This one is a real Payne.
ndblackirish97 about 3 years ago
Wind power that only provided 10% of power to the overall grid is responsible for the failure of the other 90% provided by fossil fuels in the leading fossil fuel state in America. This Right Wing argument is hilarious.
charliekane about 3 years ago
Cattle feces!
Havel about 3 years ago
This conservative talking point should be gone with the wind.
walfishj about 3 years ago
With blow hards like Payne around, no need to winterize.
mikemck about 3 years ago
My god you are stupid. They work fine in the Artic so maybe the fault might be the operators being too cheap to winterize them.
grumpypophobart about 3 years ago
Read a little Henry. Do some research for yourself, rather than simply slavishly repeating what your idols tell you. Change the channel on your TV. Tune into some other station on your radio. ‘Google’ it. I did. Here are two items for your edification: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-56085733https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-texas-wind-turbines-explain-idUSKBN2AJ2EI
RAGs about 3 years ago
To redirect what somebody once said about Richard Brinsley Sheridan:
Payne is dull, naturally dull, but he must have practiced to become what we see today, for such an excess of stupidity is not found in Nature.
Ammo is on a break Premium Member about 3 years ago
Maybe Texas can hire the Kids in Biden cages to scrape snow off the solar panels or de-ice windmills ?
Daeder about 3 years ago
Because, according to Payne, if Texas can’t get it right through corruption and flouting all safety guidelines, no one else could ever possibly get it right.
Another “gold star of idiocy” for Henry.
PaulGoes about 3 years ago
He’s already made up his mind, don’t bother him with facts
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
Lawyers have found the parents of 105 separated migrant children in past month
The parents of 506 separated migrant children still haven’t been found, however. Lawyers say the parents of 322 of them were likely to have been deported.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/lawyers-have-found-parents-105-separated-migrant-children-past-month-n1258791?
FJB Premium Member about 3 years ago
You’re 2 for 2 today, Henry. Good job.
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 3 years ago
Even I think Payne is being too simplistic.
douglas.rosene Premium Member about 3 years ago
I agree. Only an idiot believes Abbot’s ridiculous claim that it was wind turbine failures that caused this. I’m getting so sick of his idiocy.
KarenLaRae Premium Member about 3 years ago