However, wind power was not chiefly to blame for the Texas blackouts. The main problem was frigid temperatures that stalled natural gas production, which is responsible for the majority of Texas’ power supply. The talking points, coming largely from conservatives, reinvigorated a long-running campaign to claim that emissions-spewing fossil fuels are too valuable a resource to give up. Some politicians and analysts spread lies and disinformation to advance their defence of fossil fuels. In Kansas, one of the few states that relies heavily on wind power, the blades on some turbines froze, too.

Source: bd News24 February 18, 2021 04:52 UTC