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"Our generators & compressors froze over" was PR bullshit. The spot price of natural gas went through the roof at the time.



From wikipedia:

>Data showed that failure to winterize power sources, principally natural gas infrastructure but also to a lesser extent wind turbines, had caused the grid failure,[15][16] with a drop in power production from natural gas more than five times greater than that from wind turbines.

What's the difference between "Our generators & compressors froze over" and "natural gas infrastructure froze over"? What's the PR gain from blaming yourself?




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