Source: The Intercept
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Miliona o Texans, e ho'āʻo ana e ola i ka ʻino hoʻoilo me ka ʻole o ka wela a i ʻole ka uila ma hope o ka pōʻino o ka pōʻino o ka mana o ka mokuʻāina, ua mālama ʻia i ka ʻike koke ʻana i ke kahawai o ka wahaheʻe e pili ana i nā mea i hewa i ko lākou mokuʻāina i puhi ʻia e Fox News.
E like me ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka ʻeleʻele ākea, pēlā pū ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka ʻoihana wahie fossil mai Fox News hosts a me nā luna koho Repubalika ma Texas, ka mea i hoʻopiʻi hou i ka ʻōlelo wahaheʻe ʻo nā turbine makani hau ka hewa. hola mahope iho o hola, ʻoiai ua manaʻo ʻia ka ikaika o ka makani he 7 pakeneka wale no o ka pae moku'āina i ka hoʻoilo.
I ka pau ʻana o kekahi hōʻike mai Texas mai i ka Pōʻalua, ua hoʻopiʻi wahaheʻe ka heleuma ʻo Harris Faulkner, ʻo ka "miliona o ʻAmelika, i ke anuanu a me ka pōʻeleʻele, e ʻōlelo nei ka nele o ka mana ma muli o nā kulekele ikehu ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ka hōʻino ʻana i ka aila, ke kinoea a me ke kinoea. lanahu - nā mea e hoʻomaha loa iā ʻoe."
Ma hope o kēlā pō, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Tucker Carlson i kāna hōʻike me ka wahaheʻe hoʻopunipuni, "me ka ʻike ʻole o ka hapa nui o ka poʻe, ua hele mai ka Green New Deal i Texas. Ua hilinaʻi loa ka mana o ka mokuʻāina i nā wili makani. A laila, anu a nahā nā wili makani.
ʻAʻole pololei kēlā i ke kulekele ikehu ma kahi mokuʻāina i hoʻomalu piha ʻia e nā luna i koho ʻia e Republican i ka thrall to ke kākoʻo kālā o ka ʻoihana wahie fossil.
A laila, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Carlson i ka poʻe nānā, i ka hoomaka ana o kana hoikeike, ʻo kekahi mau helu i loko o ka nūpepa nūhou he "hōʻino loa." (“E noʻonoʻo ʻoe inā ʻo ka wahaheʻe kāu hana," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia me ka maka pololei. "E noʻonoʻo ʻoe e hoʻoikaika iā ʻoe iho e haʻi wahaheʻe i ka lā āpau e pili ana i nā mea āpau ma nā ʻano akaka loa a ʻaʻohe ala e hiki ai i ka poʻe e hoʻolohe ana iā ʻoe ke manaʻoʻiʻo. i nā mea a pau āu i ʻōlelo ai. A laila e noʻonoʻo ʻoe e hana hou a hana hou, a i kēlā me kēia lā o kou ola ʻoihana no kou ola holoʻokoʻa.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai ʻo Faulkner a me Carlson a me Texas Republicans e like me Rep. Dan Crenshaw i ʻōlelo ai, ʻo ka hāʻule ʻana o ka ikehu i hana ʻia e ka makani ʻo ia ka mea liʻiliʻi loa i ka ʻeleʻele o Texas. wahi a Dan Woodfin, luna nui o nā hana ʻōnaehana ma ERCOT, ka hui e hoʻokele nei i ka mana o ka mokuʻāina. ʻO nā mea hana paʻa i ka mana wela, e puhi ana i ke kinoea maoli a i ʻole ka lanahu a hilinaʻi paha i nā reactor nuklea, holoi ʻia i ka hapalua o ka mana e pono ai e hoʻomau i nā kukui, e like me ka he wehewehe kiko'ī o ka ʻikepili o ka mea hoʻohana pūnaewele na Jesse Jenkins, he ʻenekini ʻōnaehana ikehu macro-scale e aʻo ana ma Princeton.
E like me Jenkins wehewehe i Twitter, oiai e hana ana na makani makani ma kahi o elua hapakolu o ko lakou mana, ua manaoia e haawi mai ka makani i ka emi iho o ka 10 pakeneka o ka ikehu e pono ai no ka mana o ka mokuaina i ka manawa o ka piko o ka ino hooilo, oiai ua manaoia na mea kanu kinoea e hoolako. 66 pakeneka o ka mana. "ʻO ʻoukou ka poʻe i lohe ʻo nā huila makani hau ka hewa no kēia, e noʻonoʻo hou," ka ʻenekinia huiia.
"Ke manaʻo nei ka poʻe Texans i ke kinoea maoli a me nā mea kanu lanahu i laila i ka wā e pono ai lākou," Jenkins ʻikeʻia. "ʻO 50-60% wale nō o ia kaha i hiki ke hana i nā lā ʻekolu i hala. Inā loaʻa i kahi haumāna ma kaʻu papa he <60% ma ke kau waena, e kapa mākou iā ia he F. Pono nā mea hana Fossil i kahi F ma ʻaneʻi.
"ʻO ka hiki ʻole o ka hoʻolālā ʻana a me ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i kēia anuanu loa," Jenkins kakau iho la Ma mua o ka pule, "hoʻonui ʻia mai ka mea hoʻohana pūnaewele (ERCOT), nā mea nona ka mana o nā ʻano like ʻole (gas, lanahu, nuklea, makani), nā pono paipu (e hauʻoli) a hiki i ka hoʻolālā kūkulu hale a me nā hana kūkulu (ka palena palena. no ke anuanu) ka mea e koi ai i ke kinoea a me ka uila ʻo Texas i mea maʻalahi loa i nā hanana anu.
ʻO Ed Hirs, nāna i aʻo i ka ʻoihana ikehu ma ke Kulanui o Houston, i haʻi aku i ka Houston Chronicle ʻO ke kumu kumu o ka hāʻule ʻana, ʻo ia ka mana o ka mokuʻāina i hoʻopau ʻia, ʻaʻole ia e hāʻawi i nā mea hoʻoikaika i nā mea hoʻokele uila e hoʻomākaukau no ka hoʻoilo. "Ua hāʻule ka ERCOT grid i ke ʻano like me ka Soviet Union kahiko," wahi a Hirs. "Ua lele ʻo ia i ka underinvestment a me ka mālama ʻole ʻana a hiki i ka wā i haki ai ma lalo o nā kūlana i wānana ʻia."
ʻO Beto O'Rourke hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma MSNBC ma ka Poalua, ua makaala loa na alakai Repubalika i kohoia e ka moku'āina i ka "kaua moʻomeheu lapuwale" ma kahi o ka hooponopono ana i hiki ole ai ke koi aku i na hui mana o Texas e hookui i ko lakou mau lako, i mea e hana pono ai na mea kanu kinoea a me na makani makani. ʻaʻole i kikeke ʻia ma waho e ke anuanu ma laila.
Ua hōʻoia ʻo Kiaʻāina ʻo Texas ʻo Greg Abbott iā O'Rourke i hoʻokahi hola ma hope, ma ka lawe ʻana i ka manawa mai ka hoʻoponopono maoli ʻana i ka pilikia i hoʻopiʻi ʻia ma luna o 4 miliona Texans i ke anuanu a me ka pōʻeleʻele e wahaheʻe e pili ana i ka poʻe nānā o ka papahana Fox News a Sean Hannity.
"ʻAʻole au e kūʻē i nā turbine makani, akā ʻo kaʻu nīnau," i nīnau ai ʻo Hannity iā Abbott, me ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana iā ia e hoʻopiʻi i nā kumu ikehu hou, "inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kēia mau ʻeleʻele ʻōwili, a ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hau hau a ʻaʻole hilinaʻi lākou… he aha ka maikaʻi?”
"Ke hōʻike nei kēia i ke ʻano o ka Green New Deal e lilo i mea make no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa," i pane aku ai ʻo Abbott, i ka mea i ʻike ʻia he wahi kamaʻilio mua. "Ua pani ʻia kā mākou makani a me kā mākou lā, a ʻoi aku lākou ma mua o 10 pakeneka o kā mākou mana mana, a ua hoʻokau ʻo Texas i kahi kūlana i nele ai ka mana ma ka mokuʻāina," wahi a Abbott, me he mea lā ka nui o nā hemahema. ʻaʻole i hana ʻia nā mea kanu kinoea. "Hōʻike wale ia he pono ka wahie fossil," i hoʻopau ai ke kiaʻāina i nā huaʻōlelo i hiki ke kākau ʻia e kahi lobbyist ʻoihana.
"ʻO nā hemahema o ka ʻōnaehana ma Texas ka mea maoli i ka wā e hiki mai ana hana ole e ʻimi i kahi Green New Deal," ʻo Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ka Democrat New York nāna i hoʻopuka i ke kānāwai e hoʻomohala i ka ikehu hou. Pane mai ma Twitter. "Nawaliwali i ka hili ʻana i nā hoʻopukapuka ʻoihana lehulehu e hiki mai ana, ʻaʻole nui ka nānā ʻana i ke kaulike no laila ua haʻalele ʻia nā kaiāulu, nā mea hōʻole i ke alakaʻi no laila ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻomākaukau lōʻihi no ka pōʻino," wahi āna. "Pono mākou e kōkua i nā kānaka Ano. No ka wā lōʻihi, pono mākou e ʻike i kēia ka hopena o ka hana ʻole. "
ʻO nā wahaheʻe e pili ana i nā turbine makani i haʻi hou ʻia e Greg Abbott, Sean Hannity a me Tucker Carlson ʻaʻole i hoʻokō ʻia i waho o ka ea.
Ua hana nā mea noiʻi uku no ka ʻoihana wahie fossil no nā makahiki e hoʻolaha i ka ʻōlelo wahaheʻe ʻaʻole hiki ke hilinaʻi ʻia nā kumu ikehu maʻemaʻe, e like me ka makani a me ka lā, e hāʻawi i ka uila i nā hanana ʻino.
ʻO Alex Epstein, he mea kūkākūkā kamaʻilio ʻoihana ikehu nāna e hoʻomohala i nā mea kamaʻilio e kōkua i nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻolaha i ka puhi ʻana i nā wahie mōʻalihaku, ua manaʻo ʻia i kēia pule e hoʻoikaika i ka ʻoihana ʻaila a me ke kinoea. pono e olelo: "ʻo ke kumu kumu o ka ʻeleʻele o Texas he kulekele aupuni a mokuʻāina i hoʻokumu mua i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka makani a me ka ikehu lā ma mua o ka ikehu hilinaʻi."
I loko o kāna puke, "The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels," ʻōlelo pinepine ʻo Epstein i ka makani a me ka mana o ka lā he "kūpono ʻole."
I nā makahiki mai kona hoʻolaha ʻana, ua kau ʻo ia he hooikaika kaua e hōʻano hou i ka wehewehe ʻana o kēia mau kumu ikehu maʻemaʻe mai "nā mea hou" a i "paulele ole. "
E like me ka wehewehe ʻana o Ketan Joshi, kahi mea loiloi ikehu maʻemaʻe ma Twitter ma mua o kēia mahina, ʻaʻole he mea hou nā wahaheʻe e pili ana i nā turbine makani hau. Hoʻopiʻi pinepine ʻo Joshi i kahi meme hoʻopunipuni, e hōʻike ana e hoʻopau ʻia nā turbine makani me nā helikopa. mai ka 2016.
ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, e like me kā Joshi i wehewehe ai, ʻo ke kiʻi i hoʻohana ʻia i ka meme mai kahi hoʻokolohua kahiko ma Suedena a ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā turbines makani hou, hiki ke kūʻai ʻia me nā ʻōnaehana de-icing i kūkulu ʻia e hoʻomau lākou i ka huli ʻana i ka makahiki. i ke anu anuanu.
I kēia pule, ʻoiai ua paʻa ka mana ma Texas, ʻo ka hapa nui ma muli o ka hāʻule ʻana o nā mea kanu kūlohelohe a me ka hana kinoea kūlohelohe i ka mokuʻāina, ʻike ʻo Joshi ua lilo ka meme. kaʻana like ʻia e nā helu i loko o ka ʻoihana wahie fossil, me Luke Legate, he mea aʻoaʻo PR no kahi ʻoihana Austin, Texas nāna e mālama i "hoʻolaha hoʻonaʻauao” no ka Texas Oil and Gas Association, ka Texas Pipeline Association a me ka Permian Basin Petroleum Association.
ʻOiai ua hoʻonui nui ʻo Fox News a me nā hale kūʻai conservative ʻē aʻe i ka ʻōlelo wahaheʻe ʻo nā turbines makani hau i hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka pau ʻana o Texas, ʻo Joshi pū kekahi. i kuhikuhiʻia ʻo kēlā mau hōʻike hoʻopunipuni e hoʻoikaika ana i kēlā wahaheʻe haʻi hou ʻole ʻia ma nā hale kūʻai nūhou ma ke ʻano o ka ideological spectrum.
Ua ʻike ʻo Leah Stokes, ka mea aʻo i nā haʻawina kaiapuni ma ke Kulanui o Kaleponi, Santa Barbara, ua hewa hewa ʻia nā kumu ikehu hou no ka ʻoki ʻana i ka mana ma Texas i ka wā o kahi hanana ʻino loa, ʻeono mahina ma hope o ka nui o nā poʻe hoihoi like i hoʻopiʻi hewa ʻole i nā mea hou. no ka ʻoki ʻana i ka mana ma Kaleponi i ka wā o kahi hanana ʻino loa.
Ua hoʻopuka ʻo Joshi i kēlā ʻike ʻO kahi mea kākau no Renew Economy, he pūnaewele hoʻomaʻemaʻe maʻemaʻe o Australia. “He hapalua makahiki wale nō i hala ʻeleʻele laha ma Kaleponi i ka wela o ke kauwela. Ua hoʻopiʻi koke ʻia kēlā mau ʻeleʻele i ka ikehu hou; ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua ʻike ʻia ma hope o ka hewa o nā mea kanu kinoea o ka mokuʻāina, "i kākau ai ʻo Joshi.
"A ʻelima mau makahiki mai ka South Australia's 2016 blackout, kahi i kū like ai nā hanana like. Ua maopopo ke kumu i kēia manawa, "hoʻohui ʻo ia.
"ʻO nā hanana ʻeleʻele nui, ka mea maʻamau i hoʻoulu ʻia e ke koʻikoʻi o ka grid e pili ana i nā kiʻekiʻe o ke aniau, e lilo i manawa kūpono e hoʻouka i ka ikehu hou," hoʻomau ʻo Joshi. "ʻO nā ʻatikala Media, nā ʻōlelo politika, nā tweets, nā pou Facebook, nā mea āpau - manaʻo ke kaiaola media holoʻokoʻa ua hana ka ikehu hou a holo ikaika me ia. A ʻo ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, ma hope mai, ua ʻike ʻia ka hana nui a i ʻole ka hapa nui o nā hemahema o ka wahie fossil i ka hui o nā kumu o ka hanana - ʻaʻohe mea i uhi ʻia me ka ikaika o nā moʻolelo kumu. Ke pāʻani nei ia ma Texas. "
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