* brian.john...@netgeek.us (Brian Johnson) [Wed 14 Apr 2021, 17:37 CEST]:
Not what I was saying. The demand for virtue-signaling green energy
is not an effective strategy to actually having power available.
The relevant virtue that's signaled with green energy is that its
MWh prices are WAY lower than traditional fossil fuel-based generators.
I appreciate the nuances, but the need to imply that a profit motive
was the issue is not proven. This issue was NOT foreseeable except
with the perfect reverse 20/20 vision. It’s like saying that I
shouldn’t have built the house where the tornado hit.
I've not done exhaustive research of the situation in Texas (although
I am a stakeholder, being a customer in several datacentres there) but
I'd be surprised if https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture
had nothing to do with it.
-- Niels.
