Source: The Intercept
Monga zovuta Mphepo yamkuntho yachisanu idasesa ku Texas sabata yatha, ndikudula magetsi kuchokera kwa anthu mamiliyoni ambiri m'malo oziziritsa komanso kupha anthu pafupifupi 70 mpaka pano, oyang'anira magetsi ena adawona zowopsa.
"Mwachiwonekere, sabata ino ili ngati kugunda jackpot," adadzitamandira Roland Burns, mkulu wamkulu ndi mkulu wa zachuma ku Comstock Resources, kampani yobowola shale yomwe inapindula ndi kufunikira kwadzidzidzi kwa gasi wachilengedwe, poyimba ndi osunga ndalama Lachitatu lapitalo. Mtengo wamafuta, adatero Burns, "wakhala wodabwitsa."
Marshall McCrea, wamkulu wamkulu wa kampani yamapaipi ya Energy Transfer, adauza osunga ndalama Lachitatu lapitalo kuti kampani yake "yatha kupindula," chifukwa chakutha kunyamula gasi kuchokera kumalo osungiramo zinthu pafupi ndi Houston kupita ku mafakitale opanga magetsi kudera lonselo. Kampaniyo, a McCrea adati, yanyamula mafuta ambiri ku Texas ndipo idakwera "mitengo yamphamvu kwambiri." Energy Transfer, atafunsidwa kuti apereke ndemanga, adanena kuti zomwe McCrea ananena "zimveka bwino."
Ronald Mills, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa ubale wamabizinesi ku Comstock Resources, adati kampaniyo ikupepesa chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito mawu oti "jackpot" pofotokoza mitengo ya gasi sabata yatha. "Malongosoledwe amenewo anali osayenera komanso osakhudzidwa ndi mamiliyoni a Texans omwe analibe magetsi kapena mphamvu, kuphatikiza antchito athu ambiri omwe adakumana ndi zowawa zomwezo popeza tidakhala kudera la Dallas," adatero Mills mu imelo ku The Intercept.
Mtengo wa gasi wachilengedwe, womwe udakwera kwambiri pomwe mafakitale opangira magetsi komanso ogula m'mafakitale akukangana kuti apeze zowonjezera, zidapindulitsanso mphamvu zina. Macquarie Group, banki yogulitsa ndalama yomwe ndi yachiwiri pamakampani ogulitsa gasi ku US, idanenanso kuti $ Miliyoni 210 kuyambira kukwera mtengo kwa gasi ndi magetsi. Kampaniyo ilinso ndi Griddy, malo opangira magetsi omwe amalipira makasitomala mochuluka $16,752 ndi $8,000 m'masiku aposachedwa.
Panalinso "m'mwamba" wina wa mkuntho waku Texas, McCrea adanena panthawiyi. "Kwangotha โโmasiku anayi kapena asanu apitawa," adawonjezeranso, "chinthu choyambirira chomwe aliyense akuchizindikira, ndanena kale, ndipo tonse tikudziwa pakuitana kumeneku, kufunika kwa mafuta oyaka mafuta m'dziko lino, m'dziko lino. .โ
Mavuto achitika zidayambitsa mkangano pazantchito yamafuta, ndi anthu ena otchuka aku Republican kutengera mlengalenga kutsutsa mopanda mlandu kokha mphepo ndi mphamvu ya dzuwa kusiyana ndi kulephera kwa gululi lonse. Bwanamkubwa waku Texas a Greg Abbott adawonekera pa Fox News kunena zabodza kuti chimphepocho chinawonetsa kuti Green New Deal - mawu ofotokozera mfundo zamphamvu zongowonjezwdwa zomwe zimakondedwa ndi ena ku Congress zomwe sizinakambidwe kapena kukhazikitsidwa - "zingakhale zakupha. kwa United States of America.โ
Rick Perry, bwanamkubwa wakale waku Texas, adawonekera pa Fox News Lachisanu ndi wolandira Sean Hannity kuti nawonso anene za mphamvu zongowonjezedwanso.
"Sabata yatha ku Texas," adatero Perry, "pamene anthu anali kutaya mphamvu zawo, tikuthokoza Mulungu kuti tinali ndi mafuta oyaka mafuta m'chigawo chino, chifukwa tikanakhala kuti tinali ndi dongosolo la AOC Green New Deal, mphepo ndi dzuwa, tikadakhala nawo. tsoka lalikulu m'manja mwathu."
Ngakhale kuyang'ana kwambiri pakulephera kwa ma turbines ena amphepo panthawi yamkuntho, mfundo zambiri pazifukwa zambiri zomwe zimayambitsa kuzimitsidwa kwamagetsi, kuphatikiza kuchotsedwa kwa gridi yamagetsi yaku Texas. Texas ndi dziko lokhalo m'dzikolo lomwe silinagwirizane ndi mayiko ena kuti atumize mphamvu panthawi yamavuto ndipo safuna "msika wokhoza" uliwonse kukakamiza magetsi kuti apange mphamvu zowonjezera zowonjezera nthawi yachisanu. Ambiri mwa zomera zovuta mphamvu kuti Inalephera sabata yatha amadalira mafuta achilengedwe monga gasi.
Nkhani yotsatira pa tsamba la Fox News, lofalitsidwa pambuyo pa maonekedwe a Perry, adatchulidwa kuti โmagetsi achilengedwe a gasi, malasha ndi mphamvu za nyukiliya ndi amene anazimitsa pafupifupi kuwirikiza kaลตiri kuposa makina oundana oundana oundana ndi ma sola ataphatikizidwa pamodzi.โ
Kuzimitsidwa kwamagetsi kwambiri kunali chifukwa cha kusowa kwa nyengo pamagetsi opangira magetsi ndi mapaipi, kukweza komwe kunatsutsidwa kwambiri ndi makampani opanga magetsi ku Texas. Kutsatira mkuntho wachisanu mu 2011, womwe udayambitsanso kuzimitsidwa kwamagetsi, oyang'anira magetsi aboma komanso aboma adalimbikitsa ntchito yayikulu yokonzekera magetsi m'boma chifukwa cha nyengo yozizira kwambiri. Machenjezo Zopangidwa kusintha pang'ono.
Mu 2014, Public Utility Commission yaku Texas idaperekanso malamulo oti magetsi azitha kuzindikira ndi kuthana ndi "malire anyengo." Malingaliro anali otsutsa ndi makampani otsogola opanga magetsi, kuphatikiza gulu la Texas lothandizira komanso chimphona champhamvu cha Sempra Energy. Malamulowo adafowoketsedwa kuti alole zida zamagetsi kuti zithetse mavuto omwe adadziwika kale, osazindikira zofooka zilizonse zatsopano.
Mfundo inanso yomwe sinatchulidwe mu gawo la Hannity inali gawo lazachuma la mlendo wake pamkanganowo. Perry, atasankhidwa kukhala mlembi wa mphamvu mu kayendetsedwe ka Trump, adagwirizana Bungwe la Energy Transfer chaka chatha. The ganyu udindo amapereka katundu ndi ndalama mphoto za $174,997 chaka, malinga ndi kusungitsa kwatsopano ku Securities and Exchange Commission.
Kusintha: February 23, 2021, 4:08 pm ET
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