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THE SITUATION IN TWO STATES - TEXAS

The Downfall of Texas

The downfall of Texas was swift, they say. It was the wind, a frigid north wind that knocked her down from first world status to third world misery. Even with the power back on, the misery will continue for those whose water pipes froze and burst in unheated homes. The misery will be compounded for those with variable or indexed plans (here or here) with the electric company who owe over $1,000 for a month of electricity.

The misery, however, ended for some of the homeless. We learn they froze to death because there was no room at shelters that were observing COVID precautions and limiting accommodations. Catching the highly survivable corona cold virus would have been better than oblivion, but they weren't given the choice.

The chaos and catastrophes were not all weather-related. Ideology and perverted economics played huge roles.

The over-reliance on wind turbines to generate electricity was news to most Texans. Who knew that Texas generates 25% of its electricity (on windy days) from wind turbines? Who knew that those turbines do not spin on the hottest summer days when the entire region is becalmed under an oppressive dome of high pressure? Who knew that those turbines cannot operate in icy weather? Who knew that generous tax subsidies and below-market interest rates have so skewed the economics of power that intermittent turbine-generated electricity is cheaper (on paper) than reliable thermal sources like coal and natural gas? Who knew that rabid Global Warmists had permanently shut down hundreds of millions to billions of dollars of coal-fired power plants to appease the unscientific and unproven claim by the Climate Cult that CO2 is a dangerous greenhouse gas?

Who will be held responsible?

Don't hold your breath. Heads won't roll. Useless investigations will take place but the guilty will be exonerated and the outcry will be louder after the next outbreak of polar weather.

Yes, there will be more polar weather in previously mild-winter zones. We are several years into a solar minimum / mini Ice Age that could last at least 60 years. I expect winters for the foreseeable future will be successively colder. Look up "Maunder Minimum" to understand the near future.

That's the good news. The sobering news is that the Pleistocene Ice Age began 2.588 million years age when the Inter-American Seaway connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific was cut off when plate tectonics elevated the Isthmus of Panama. The Pleistocene Ice Age will continue until the movements of the Cocos, Nazca and North American plates remove the Isthmus of Panama, restoring equatorial transoceanic circulation.

The bad news is that throughout the Pleistocene Ice Age, glacial periods have lasted 90% of the time and interglacials (like the current Holocene) occupied only 10% of the time. If you believe that the Holocene began after the prolonged cold snap known as the Younger Dryas, then this interglacial has circa 1,500 years left. However, if you date the start of the Holocene to before the reversion to cold conditions, the Younger Dryas, then the next glacial inception is imminent.

The previous glacial period was called Wisconsin (North America), Würm (the Alps), Weichselian (Northern Europe) and Devensian (British Isles). I propose the next glacial period be named the Algorean Glaciation. I would not be opposed if we instead commemorated other bat-shit-crazy Warmists like: Maurice Strong, Klaus Schwab, or Bill Gates.

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