Kellee Speakman is a 50-year-old teacher who moved from California to Texas in 2022 in search of "freedom," but she only stayed four months.
  • Kellee Speakman, a conservative elementary school teacher, moved from California to Texas in 2022 but returned after four and a half months due to Texas’s political obsession and unexpected living costs.
  • Speakman found Texas to be not much cheaper than California, with high property taxes, expensive services, and lower wages, which contributed to her dissatisfaction.
  • She returned to California, appreciating its lifestyle, public lands, and better teacher benefits, realizing that her idea of freedom involved peace and everyday adventures rather than political rhetoric.
  • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    If I’m not mistaken, the thing that contributes to our instability is also what caused Texas to be at the front of renewables (for a while). What I’ve been told is that Texas’ power grid is pretty loosely regulated, which was why renewables took off here; it was really easy for anyone to start their own power company so small companies were able to spring up and contribute solar, wind, etc.

    part of the reason is that the texas grid is really primed for shit like solar and wind. The lax regulations help a lot especially for wind, but for things like solar, they have plenty of side, and the state is so wide they can produce solar power for quite an extensive amount of time before it starts to drop.

    what doesnt help is how it exploded once, and almost a second time after they forgot to configure their renewable power supplies nearly causing an instantaneous chained blackout of renewables lol.