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Source - The colors of the grids represent CO2 emissions

The title is a reference to the 2021 Texas power crisis

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[-] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Iirc one big reason made the crisis that severe was their grid is separate, so they couldn't buy electricity from other states.

There was video on Practical Engieneering about this. They could and did until power line protection tripped.

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