What Have We Learned One Year Since the Texas Freeze? | Timothy Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
As Texas approaches the one year anniversary of the polar vortex that crashed the state's energy grid for days, we're joined by energy expert Timothy Fitzgerald, Ph.D. to examine what's been done to prevent a blackout at this scale from ever happening again.Â
1:30 - Fundamental problems that led to the blackout
7:00 - Increasing Texas' minimum capacity for baseload energy
15:00 - Debunking Democrat myths: Would Texas be better off if it was connected to the national grid?
17:30 - Debunking Democrat myths: Would the blackout have been prevented if Texas had more diversity in it's energy supply?
18:20 - Debunking Democrat myths: Did climate change cause the blackout?
19:15 - What have state agencies and the Texas legislature done to fix the grid problems?
23:45 - The Berkshire-Hathaway proposal to build emergency use gas plants
25:15 - Comparing the tradeoffs between gas, nuclear, and renewable sources of energy
28:00 - The production tax credit on wind and how it's different from other energy tax credits
30:45 - The problems with wind turbines
33:45 - Debunking Democrat myths: Would an oil export ban lower the price of gasoline?
Timothy Fitzgerald, Ph.D. served as the Chief International Economist at the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) under President Trump , as well as the Senior Economist covering energy and the environment. Dr. Fitzgerald was the Chief International Economist during the USMCA negotiations. He is a professor of business economics at the Rawls School of Business at Texas Tech.
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