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While that’s certainly a key component, Texas is also home to the largest potential solar and wind capacity in the country. There’s also a ton of land to build on.


And Austin was an island of sanity according to my friends who lived there.


At this rate, Texas is going to go the way of it's hat and ban "woke energy" like solar and wind. [0]

[0] https://heatmap.news/plus/the-fight/spotlight/renewable-ener...


Unlikely. Texas is the largest exporter of crude oil and natural gas, the largest in capacity for refining petroleum, and huge exporter of petrochemicals in the US. More solar and wind means more oil for refinement and export.




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