Two Years After Its Historic Deep Freeze, Texas Is Increasingly Vulnerable to Cold Snaps – and There are More Solutions Than Just Building Power Plants

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By The ConversationFeb 12, 2023, 5:10 pm363 ptsTop
By Michael E. Webber, Drew Kassel, Joshua D. Rhodes, Matthew Skiles Texans like to think of their state as the energy capital of the world. But in mid-February 2021, the energy state ran short of energy. An intense winter weather outbreak, informally dubbed Winter Storm Uri by the Weather Channel, swept…

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