On: Why wood has gotten so dang expensive

[SavantIdiot]

"Because the storm occurred with very little warning, many factories weren’t able to shut down properly, resulting in polymers congealing and solidifying in the equipment"

Wow, I'm surprised there weren't back-up generators if power failure means machine destruction.

[ttyprintk → SavantIdiot]

The backup systems relied on natural gas, which was cut off, and/or secondary electrical which was disabled by Texas regulators.

I also wonder if those backups didn’t anticipate having to run the machines as well as keeping ambient temperature up.