Texas is a perfect example of everything that's wrong with America (Atlanta: power lines, neighborhoods)

[mirotek]

Originally Posted by blameyourself

5). I don't agree with the abortion issue but question your claim that Texans want it to be another way. What proof do you have of that?

I'm not sure about abortion stats, but a recent poll was conducted regarding marijuana legalization for medicinal purposes and over 80% of both Republican and Democrat voters want to see it legalized.

Around 60% of people want to see it legalized for recreational use.

Abbott says he won't legalize it in any way, so he's doing the opposite of what Texans want. They could approve it to be on voting ballots but they won't do that because they know that the outcome will be positive.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/poli...bbott-says-no/

[Raider Scott]

We're trying to make TX seem ****ty you you all stop coming. LOL


Actually, we are California without the nice weather. High housing costs, wildfires, 4 dollar a gallon gas, homeless rampant in our cities and crime that is out of control. LOL

[blameyourself]

Originally Posted by mirotek

I'm not sure about abortion stats, but a recent poll was conducted regarding marijuana legalization for medicinal purposes and over 80% of both Republican and Democrat voters want to see it legalized.

Around 60% of people want to see it legalized for recreational use.

Abbott says he won't legalize it in any way, so he's doing the opposite of what Texans want. They could approve it to be on voting ballots but they won't do that because they know that the outcome will be positive.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/poli...bbott-says-no/

I wasn't talking about marijuana. I specifically mentioned abortion as per what you quoted.

[blameyourself]

Originally Posted by Raider Scott

We're trying to make TX seem ****ty you you all stop coming. LOL


Actually, we are California without the nice weather. High housing costs, wildfires, 4 dollar a gallon gas, homeless rampant in our cities and crime that is out of control. LOL

I think enough people have refuted your comment by now. But go ahead and double down on your nonsense. As a multitude of posters already pointed out to you, much of what you're claiming could fit most cities.

[mirotek]

Originally Posted by blameyourself

I wasn't talking about marijuana. I specifically mentioned abortion as per what you quoted.

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05...rtion-ut-poll/

UT-Austin conducted a survey and found that 78% of respondents think abortion should be legal in some form.

Around 39% of poll respondents said Texans should always be able to obtain abortions as a matter of personal choice, and 11% of respondents thought abortions should be available for other reasons in addition to pregnancy resulting from rape.

The poll shows that 28% of respondents believe abortions should be available only in cases of rape or incest or when a person’s life is endangered by their pregnancy. And 7% said they didn’t know.

[WRM20]

Originally Posted by EDS_

How can you say this in the face of exceptional, and I mean literally exceptional, rates of utility scale PV solar installation over the last couple of years ranging into the next several? Deregulation has done that.

The solar stuff is great, but it's not adding reserve capacity.

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by WRM20

The solar stuff is great, but it's not adding reserve capacity.

It will.

Well, maybe not precisely until we figure out battery storage.

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I find it interesting that people on the left should be thrilled with the direction our grid is headed......but it's just too easy to play political checkers.

[blameyourself]

Originally Posted by mirotek

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05...rtion-ut-poll/

UT-Austin conducted a survey and found that 78% of respondents think abortion should be legal in some form.

Around 39% of poll respondents said Texans should always be able to obtain abortions as a matter of personal choice, and 11% of respondents thought abortions should be available for other reasons in addition to pregnancy resulting from rape.

The poll shows that 28% of respondents believe abortions should be available only in cases of rape or incest or when a person’s life is endangered by their pregnancy. And 7% said they didn’t know.

That's great. Now drilling down on that information even further, the question would be how important is this issue in relation to all political issues for the poll respondents. I believe the answer is... Not very. Clearly if they were passionate about this issue, we wouldn't have the lawmakers in office that we do. Can we both agree on that?

[WRM20]

Originally Posted by EDS_

It will.

Well, maybe not precisely until we figure out battery storage.

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I find it interesting that people on the left should be thrilled with the direction our grid is headed......but it's just too easy to play political checkers.

And, there are people on the right who want to stop all solar and wind development. Both sides have their loons. I get pretty annoyed at both, but the folks on the left who think we can transition right this minute have no clue of what is actually possible, and expect it to happen just because they say so.

[WRM20]

Originally Posted by mirotek

2. Texas has almost no public land. Other states have a lot of state and county parks.

That's the way the state was designed. All of the unallocated land at independence was owned by the Republic of Texas, later the State of Texas., and was granted to settlers based on a few criteria. When Texas became a state, the annexation agreement with the US Government allowed Texas to continue to control all of the land. And over time, it was all essentially granted to private owners. Some 2 million acres was given to the folks that funded the construction of the State Capitol building in Austin.

There are a lot of parks in the state.