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They gave Texas a B+ for energy. :agony-consuming:
"Texas has established itself as the energy innovation capitol of the world. Innovation has led to dramatic growth of oil production from about 1 million barrels per day in 2011 to over 5.4 million barrels per day in 2019." Innovation is when you extract resources. :agony-yehaw:
Highways and roads got a D+, even though Texas is constantly building highways. The report suggests that even more roads should be built :agony-turbo:
Transit got a B-, even though transit sucks in Texas because of the endless sprawl. "Although transit infrastructure provides safe and effective service—a trend that is expected to continue—the system competes with individually-owned vehicles and users’ preference to drive themselves." Hmm I wonder if funding sprawl has something to do with this? What a joke of a site. Reads like an oil industry lobby pamphlet.
Edit: Just discovered that the energy grade is the highest out of all of the categories :agony-immense:
Texas got a C.
They gave Texas a B+ for energy. :agony-consuming:
"Texas has established itself as the energy innovation capitol of the world. Innovation has led to dramatic growth of oil production from about 1 million barrels per day in 2011 to over 5.4 million barrels per day in 2019." Innovation is when you extract resources. :agony-yehaw:
Highways and roads got a D+, even though Texas is constantly building highways. The report suggests that even more roads should be built :agony-turbo:
Transit got a B-, even though transit sucks in Texas because of the endless sprawl. "Although transit infrastructure provides safe and effective service—a trend that is expected to continue—the system competes with individually-owned vehicles and users’ preference to drive themselves." Hmm I wonder if funding sprawl has something to do with this? What a joke of a site. Reads like an oil industry lobby pamphlet.
Edit: Just discovered that the energy grade is the highest out of all of the categories :agony-immense:
I didn’t even bother with it after I saw that energy rating lol