Bayan
01-16-2023, 12:33 AM
An intense winter storm has plunged Texas into darkness. The state’s electricity grid has failed in the face of the worst cold weather there in decades.
The Texas blackouts could be a glimpse into America’s future as a result of climate change. Today, we explore the reasons behind the power failures.
Guest: Clifford Krauss (https://www.nytimes.com/by/clifford-krauss?smid=pc-thedaily), a national energy business correspondent based in Houston for The New York Times; and Brad Plumer (https://www.nytimes.com/by/brad-plumer?smid=pc-thedaily), a climate reporter for The Times.
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Background reading:
Systems are designed to handle spikes in demand, but the wild and unpredictable weather linked to global warming will very likely push grids beyond their limits (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/climate/texas-power-grid-failures.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
As a winter storm forced the Texas power grid to the brink of collapse, millions of people were submerged into darkness, bitter cold and a sense of indignation over being stuck in uncomfortable and even dangerous (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/us/texas-winter-storm-power-outages.html?smid=pc-thedaily) conditions.
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily) Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
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The Texas blackouts could be a glimpse into America’s future as a result of climate change. Today, we explore the reasons behind the power failures.
Guest: Clifford Krauss (https://www.nytimes.com/by/clifford-krauss?smid=pc-thedaily), a national energy business correspondent based in Houston for The New York Times; and Brad Plumer (https://www.nytimes.com/by/brad-plumer?smid=pc-thedaily), a climate reporter for The Times.
For an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, subscribe to our newsletter (https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline). You can read the latest edition here (https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-daily-newsletter).
Background reading:
Systems are designed to handle spikes in demand, but the wild and unpredictable weather linked to global warming will very likely push grids beyond their limits (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/climate/texas-power-grid-failures.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
As a winter storm forced the Texas power grid to the brink of collapse, millions of people were submerged into darkness, bitter cold and a sense of indignation over being stuck in uncomfortable and even dangerous (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/us/texas-winter-storm-power-outages.html?smid=pc-thedaily) conditions.
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily) Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)