‘Help me get through the winter,’ the Governor reportedly told crypto miners in the state
edit: Companion article ‘A deep freeze is coming to Texas, and no one knows if the power grid is ready’ - https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/a-deep-freeze-is-coming-to-texas-and-no-one-knows-if-the-power-grid-is-ready/
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an egg with a big crack in the middle?
Abbott literally invited crypto miners into Texas, thinking the increased demand for electricity would spur a free market™ increase in supply. Now we’ve been fucked because there’s no extra electricity, and we’ll be fucked by another winter storm.