Ted Cruz's Tweet About California Energy Shortages Comes Back To Haunt Him

All of that depends on what part of the state you are moving into as to what options you have for heat. As for power over only 10% comes from wind/solar. Our problem is the gas lines froze. For some reason they were not insulated so gas line valves froze. Its not like we haven't had cold weather before but Arctic Weather is rare. Our power grid is hardened against the heat which we experience every single year but not what Texas has been experiencing this week. You have to have water to cool but if the pipes are frozen you are out of luck. In Texas we do Hurricanes and heat but not Arctic cold. We don't do cold in Texas. If it gets below 80 we put on a jacket.

Everything was engineered for heat not cold.

So welcome to Texas.

Thank you for the share from Yahoo CPT Jack Durish

CPT Jack Durish this issue has brought to the forefront something politicians I feel have been trying to hide for quite some time. While wind and solar are emerging technologies, our power grid is lagging way behind. We keep putting band aids on the overall problem that truly needs to be addressed. I agree with you about using a natural gas generator to power your home in the event of issues like we're seeing but that only does so much. We need to update our power grids to meet demands and have fail safes in place so these things do not happen again. Haven't we learned enough lessons from states getting nailed by hurricanes and what storms do to our power grids? Apparently not.