CFP: While billboards in California might not literally bear the slogan “Move to Texas: We have electricity!”, the real-life contrast between the two most populous states is stark. Texas does stand to capitalize on the electricity problems in California, which are caused primarily by the state’s politicians’ demand for renewable energy generation that does not produce power when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing. Modern life itself relies on electricity and many Californians are indeed looking to Texas as a safe haven from the Golden State’s electricity problems and other woes. Not only are millions of Californians who are working from home during the coronavirus pandemic being inconvenienced, but power shutoffs endanger public health, particularly elderly residents who are more likely to succumb to heat stroke.
California is facing its worst power shortage in decades, with rolling power outages that began over the weekend and continuing during the week. Demand for air conditioning spikes in the early evening as people are coming home from work and when the sun sets the supply of solar energy is reduced. Wind energy has also slackened with the heat wave. Saturday’s outage occurred after 1,000 megawatts of wind power went off-line. To make matters worse for California, Texas also offers affordable housing, plenty of water, affordable gas, plastic straws—and it isn’t constantly on fire.
Not only does Texas have more reliable electricity, it also has lower cost electricity than California. Residential electricity prices in Texas are 37 percent less than in California, commercial electricity prices are 47 percent less and industrial electricity prices are 54 percent less, making Texas a cost-effective state for businesses that need reliable and affordable electricity. While Texas has more wind capacity than any other state, it also relies on coal, natural gas, and nuclear power. In 2019, Texas generated 19 percent of its electricity from coal, 53 percent from natural gas, 9 percent from nuclear, and 18 percent from wind. MORE
… & with all the Kali-commies moving to Texas, within 10 years they will experience the same problems in electrical output, water shortages, societal change, unrest, higher taxes & massive poverty
because locusts always eat their hosts … they can’t help it … it’s what they do
TEXAS: Deport every damn democrat from Calizuela. They created a disaster where they came from and they intend on effing up Texas. DEPORT those worthless commies c*ck s*ckers while you can.
Ya’ll are welcome to come. We do ask that you leave your progressive ideas behind. But you probably won’t, so maybe you can all move into Austin, since it’s already fubar.
And if you live in Texas, like I do, you will see lines of giant wind turbines stretching into the distance along the highways and byways like 287. If Texas ever has the Governorship and legislature retaken by the democrats we will suddenly become just like California (rolling blackouts, over-priced electricity when it’s available, etc.).
Hey… We’re not all bad! I shot more squirrels before I was 18 than most native Texans have seen in their lives! Under-hunting used to give a boy a challenge like that in rural Kali… Then the feral hogs wiped out the burrowing ground squirrels, and the commie tree huggers could build houses in the country without having their foundations collapse, and they could escape their feral children… And well.. Here we are.
Liberals moving from their mistakes to new states. Great idea. How much feces in your milkshake is acceptable?
You’re going to have shit in your shake. Mmmmmm.
These newcomers are going to have some ideas about what your local government is doing wrong. Then they’ll stand up a few candidates for those positions. Then in a couple of years they’ll be all of your local government.
DO NOT MOVE TO TEXAS. (Sorry, we‘re all full)
It’s cowardly for these people who voted for these problems to leave. Liberals I know have no intention of changing what they believe and like a plague of locusts will destroy any other place they go. Stay where you are and clean up the mess you made. I think I can speak for many fellow Texans when I say, DON’T COME TO TEXAS!! We don’t like you and will never have any respect for your words, and especially, actions.
You people slay me. I’m a native Californian. So’s my wife. Do you know how many other native Californians we know other than family members? About 3. You know where the rest of the came from? Your states.
What’s interesting is that I heard a Texas Congressman say that during Cruz’s last Senate election that 58% of the California transplants voted for him so maybe it’s mostly conservatives moving here from California.
They must move to California, get infected, then leave to spread the illness.
Please also don’t move to Eastern Washington, N. Idaho or Western Montana, no thank you. Hopefully our more than occasional cold Winters will keep most of the riff raff away.
My hope for Texas this election cycle is with the liberals keeping colleges/universities online and minimally attended in person they end up screwing themselves this election. We ended up with a liberal judge and a progressive state representative because Beto effectively registered and had university students vote in record breaking numbers. If they are counting on young people showing up, keeping them home and many totally terrified is going to thankfully suppress that vote.
Whoever put those billboards up is INSANE. I’m moving out of TX in the spring precisely because we are being overrun with the coastal lib trash and foreigners.
@Brad,
You now know 4… One of my ancestors walked there from Quebec in the 1840’s… Apparently he made a bad marriage choice and started walking westward one day and didn’t stop until he couldn’t hear her anymore…
KR
After reading some of your comments, I have to dial back a bit. How bout this? If Californians are democrats, tax them 5 times their income to pay in advance for all the tax increases they’re going to support. No pay, no stay.