{"id":8752,"date":"2021-03-05T20:54:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T12:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/?p=8752"},"modified":"2021-03-05T20:54:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T12:24:43","slug":"texass-power-disaster-is-a-warning-sign-for-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/texass-power-disaster-is-a-warning-sign-for-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas&#8217;s power disaster is a warning sign for the US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Texas&#039;s power disaster is a warning sign for the US\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zcrsgdl_hP0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In February, extreme cold and an unusual winter storm left millions of Texans in the dark. Many went without power or water, in subzero temperatures, for nearly five days. It was a disaster; dozens died. But even though that storm hit much of the country, the power outages were mostly limited to Texas. That\u2019s because Texas is on its own electrical grid, separate from the rest of the country, which means it can\u2019t easily get power from other states in an emergency. But Texas&#8217;s grid itself is not what failed. Power went out across Texas in the first place because energy sources across the state were unprepared for severe weather. And that didn\u2019t have to happen; Texas had been warned about this exact scenario, and had actually experienced versions of it twice in the last 30 years. But they didn\u2019t prepare. Now the rest of the US faces the same issue. Climate change is making severe weather disasters more and more frequent. And the American energy system is not ready for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February, extreme cold and an unusual winter storm left millions of Texans in the dark. Many went without power or water, in subzero temperatures, for nearly five days. It was a disaster; dozens died. But even though that storm hit much of the country, the power outages were mostly limited to Texas. That\u2019s because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24954,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-research-news","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24954"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8753,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8752\/revisions\/8753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}