Houston, we have a problem!
Texas, we have a problem!!
USA, we have a problem!!!
From Wikipedia:
“Houston, we have a problem” is popularly quoted as a phrase spoken during Apollo 13, a NASAmission in the Apollo space program and the third meant to land on the Moon. After an explosion occurred on board the spacecraft en route to the Moon at 55:54:53 (03:07 UTC on April 14, 1970),[1] Jack Swigert, the command module pilot, reported to Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas: “Okay, Houston … we’ve had a problem here.“
The 1995 film Apollo 13 used the slight misquotation “Houston, we have a problem”, which had become the popularly expected phrase, in its dramatization of the mission. The phrase has been informally used to describe the emergence of an unforeseen problem, often with a sense of ironic understatement.”
Well it wasn’t an understatement to describe what recently happened in Houston, Texas, as those who live in Houston had a real problem … a big real problem, that could be disastrous if it recurred in the future.
From the Daily Signal:
“We live in a world with more and more devices that require charging. Nothing shows the downside of that better than the recent storm that hit Houston, where thousands of residents still lack power.
Houstonians with electric stoves can’t cook, those with electric water heaters lack hot water—and those with electric cars can’t charge them.
The range of an electric vehicle without electricity is zero.
From the Daily Caller:
And again on 5/2824, over 600,000 customers in northern Texas have been affected by power outages created by powerful storms raging through the region Tuesday, according to Oncor’s Storm Center.
Oncor, the largest energy delivery company in Texas, stated that thunderstorms accompanied by hail and 80-mph winds were detected in the area, according to their Storm Center.
The company’s Storm Center said that there were about 14,000 active outages so far. “Following this morning’s destructive storms, Oncor teams & resources are out in force working to assess damages, & clear displaced debris & vegetation, & access areas to perform repair work across impacted areas. Work began as soon as it was safe & will continue around the clock,” Oncor tweeted.
Officials said that they expected the outages to last for multiple days in the Dallas area.
But President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation are requiring that, by 2032, 70% of new cars and 25% of new trucks sold will be electric.
Imagine the state that Houston and the Dallas area would be in if the number of EVs on the road today met those standards.”
“Biden’s Energy Department has issued final regulations that most stoves sold must be electric by 2028, and most water heaters must be electric by 2029.
If these rules were fully phased in, many Texans would be worse off today. These appliances not only are more expensive, they don’t work without electricity—unlike natural gas stoves and water heaters.”
So in a Joe Biden world not only would a whole bunch of people be stuck in there homes with their nonfunctioning Electric Vehicles, but while stuck at home they would not be able take a hot shower, or cook any meals with the mandated electric hot water heaters and electric stoves.
Meanwhile, the latest report from the Institute of Energy Research, released earlier this month, shows that the United States has 4 quadrillion cubic feet of natural gas, enough for 130 years; 1.7 trillion barrels of oil, more than five times the reserves of Saudi Arabia, enough for 227 years; and 470 billion short tons of coal, enough for 485 years, and 50% more than Russia.
As we are all aware Houston and Dallas can get quite warm and quite humid in the summer. What would those who live in Houston/Dallas say concerning the lack of air-conditioning or even electric fans! There would certainly be a lot of cursing of Joe Biden at that time.
All of these major misfortunes could happen and get worse if J.B. gets re-elected this November.
5/29/24