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Texas Net Electricity Generation by Source, 2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Texas

Natural gas (40.5%) Coal (12.7%) Other fossil (1.01%) Nuclear (8.47%) Renewable - Wind (23.2%) Renewable - Solar (13.7%) Other Renewables - Hydro, Biomass (0.18%)

Texas has access to cheap natural gas, which is used when renewable don't deliver. In Texas the price is king.

> Big Oil. Sorry.

I would really prefer high world-wide carbon tax. World-wide because cheap Chinese poly-silicon production for cheap PV is an excellent example of carbon leakage.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S09596...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_leakage

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/4/18/1533104...

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