Tudor Dixon in Speeches at CPAC (2020s)


On Energy & Oil: Fact Check: Falsely claimed wind and solar power unreliable

[On power sources]: "Wind and solar, as great as they may be, they are not reliable," Dixon said. "You need that constant reliable source of coal and natural gas that has to be there. But that's not there if you have wind and solar, which is what we saw in Texas."

Facts First: This is incorrect. While all sources of power failed to some extent in Texas, the bulk of outages were due to fossil fuel sources going offline, in large part due to the lack of winterization in the state's energy infrastructure.

[OTI background: In the February 2021 Texas power crisis, millions of homes were left without power for days, and hundreds of people died. Damage estimates exceeded $20 billion, caused by a lack of preparedness for extreme cold and lack of sharing the power grid with neighboring states.]

Source: CNN.com Fact-Check on 2021 CPAC Conference Feb 27, 2021

The above quotations are from Speeches at Conservative Political Action Conferences (2020s).
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