r/MURICA 14d ago

Everything is bigger in Texas

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u/Lubedballoon 14d ago

Ok well, according to ChatGPT, that one time cost between 80-130 billion to unfuck. And again according to chat, it would cost Texas around 20 billion over a few years to winterize their shit. Fuck it I guess.

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u/jsmith47944 14d ago

A large percentage of those turbines are 10-15 years old lol.

And again, companies aren't going to invest billions in the office chance something so incalculable will happen. It's the same in virtually every industry

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u/Lubedballoon 14d ago

Yea and that 20 billion was part of retrofitting. I hardly think it’s incalculable since it’s happened a few times. But yes we can agree that companies will not spend their own money on things

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u/jsmith47944 14d ago

Yeah most things don't matter until they matter for majority if companies