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Texas calls for energy conservation as extreme heat spikes electricity demand (www.texastribune.org)

submitted 1 year ago by dirtmayor@beehaw.org to c/environment@beehaw.org

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[–] notacat@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Here we go again

[–] gyrfalcon@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

See but this time it's a heat emergency instead of a cold one, so you can't use a fireplace if you lose power to keep you ~~alive~~ comfortable

[–] Seathru@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

And this is just the first week of ~100deg temps for most of Texas. It's gonna be a long summer.

[–] CookieJarObserver@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does Texas have any time where their electricity is working?!?

[–] williamallenbro@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I live in Texas, the answer is no.

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