The DOE announces $1.5B for four transmission projects – including connecting the Texas grid to the Southeast grids for the first time ever.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announces $1.5B for four transmission projects – including connecting the Texas grid to the rest of the US for the first time ever.

The projects, spanning multiple states, will add nearly 1,000 miles of new transmission lines and increase grid capacity by 7,100 megawatts (MW). They’ll boost grid reliability, lower energy costs, and support the clean energy transition.

  • Crackhappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    365·
    27 days ago

    I don’t like saying this, but you reap what you sow. This is pretty on par with what all the Texans I know believe. Pull yourselves up by your bootstraps. If your bootstraps are missing then it’s definitely someone else’s fault.

    • Adori@lemmy.worldEnglish
      189·
      27 days ago

      Not everyone is ignorant in Texas, you blinded by hate smh. Over generalizing and wishing harm on your fellow man and even the innocent ones doesn’t make you better than them.

      • Stern@lemmy.world
        152·
        27 days ago

        Not everyone is ignorant there, just enough of a voting majority to absolutely fuck themselves in a wide array of ways, and by extension, fuck up the rest of the country to a small extent.

        • thoeb@lemmy.world
          62·
          27 days ago

          You are completely disregarding the amount of voter suppression that exists in Texas. Sure, the majority of folks that voted maybe wanted this, but that doesn’t mean the majority of Texans agree with it. Voter apathy is a thing, but there is nuance.

      • ThiccSemperTyrannis@lemmy.worldEnglish
        62·
        27 days ago

        What are you even talking about? Nobody insinuated any of the points in your comment. OP mentioned anecdotally that Texans they know present in a certain way. That certain way is basically co-opted by Republicans. Texas has a governor, two senators, and a 2-to-1 ratio of House reps that were VOTED IN BY TEXANS that are Republicans. The policy of energy independence pushed by these representatives elected by majorities has led to awful, yet predictable, outcomes. This is the very definition of the state reaping what it has sown.