ERCOT managed to convince Texans it was a good idea to allow their utility company to charge them whatever they want at any given time because capitalism. The people of the state couldn't figure out it might not be a bad idea to let a power company charge you more money in circumstances where you desperately need power and also choose to ignore the regulations the rest of the country operates under that allows the grid to work when it's over 90 or under 40.
At a certain point it's hard to be sympathetic for the people who make being a big huge fucking idiot to piss off anybody who isnt one their entire personality.
I get there are innocent bystanders trapped in the state but at a certain point you run out of sympathy for the guy who has been calling you slurs at the bar all night who got blackout drunk because you told him to pace himself and fell down the stairs.
ERCOT managed to convince Texans it was a good idea to allow their utility company to charge them whatever they want at any given time because capitalism. The people of the state couldn't figure out it might not be a bad idea to let a power company charge you more money in circumstances where you desperately need power and also choose to ignore the regulations the rest of the country operates under that allows the grid to work when it's over 90 or under 40.
At a certain point it's hard to be sympathetic for the people who make being a big huge fucking idiot to piss off anybody who isnt one their entire personality.
I get there are innocent bystanders trapped in the state but at a certain point you run out of sympathy for the guy who has been calling you slurs at the bar all night who got blackout drunk because you told him to pace himself and fell down the stairs.