The right, inevitably, is blaming the energy shortfalls in Texas on the failures of sources of renewable energy. It’s a ludicrous argument, given the concurrent and much more important failures with natural gas production and distribution, but even if you assume it is true, who is to blame here? Democrats don’t bear any responsibility for the workings of the grid in Texas, which is under the complete control of the GOP. Is this an admission by Texas Republicans that they made a serious mistake by relying on renewables, and that they are consequently responsible for the crisis?
On a somewhat related note, Ted Cruz is being mocked for going to Cancun and avoiding his neighbors’ misery. Look for him to try to turn lemons into lemonade by finding some reason to blame the libs for his ill-timed vacation. When in doubt, stoke the culture wars . . .