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Title: Mexico pulls the plug on Texas
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Houston Chronicle
URL Source: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/7411539.html
Published: Feb 3, 2011
Author: ap
Post Date: 2011-02-03 16:16:30 by Happy Quanzaa
Keywords: Obama Global Warming blackout
Views: 1222
Comments: 4
MEXICO CITY — Mexico said Thursday it was temporarily suspending an offer to provide electricity to Texas to help the U.S. state weather an ice storm that forced rolling blackouts, because of severe cold in Mexico's own territory. Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission had said Wednesday it had agreed to transmit 280 megawatts of electricity to Texas. But on Thursday, the commission said it was temporarily suspending the transfer because below-freezing temperatures in northern Mexico had affected the generating capacity of some its own plants, causing a reduction of about 1,000 megawatts in generation. The commission also said Mexico needed to ensure there was enough electricity to meet domestic demand, in the face of a severe cold snap that dumped snow on the border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas. The National Meteorological Service said wind chill in Ciudad Juarez could drop to minus-4 degrees (-20 Celsius). It said the cold front could also send snow into other border cities, including Matamoros, Reynosa, Nuevo Laredo, to the east of Ciudad Juarez, over the coming week. The service said the front could also cause storms along Mexico's Gulf coast. In Texas, rolling blackouts have been implemented, including in Super Bowl host city Dallas, due to high demand during the rare ice storm.
Mexico cancels offer to send electricity to Texas
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#1. To: Happy Quanzaa (#0)
Mexicos' grid stays up. Texas' grid can't cope. America has the best infrastructure tax cuts on the rich can buy!
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
Cut power to all of the hundreds of Mexican consulates in the US. Sever diplomatic relations with mex, and deport all the ambassadors and staff. Declare war on Mexico, and Shock an' Awe Mexico City. Deport all the illegal alien invaders and we'll have a power surplus, not to mention a vibrant economy.
You really sound like you dropped right outta dwarf's exhaust pipe. Almost uncanny. You'll have to be deleted from my reading list along with gotobamaina69 and that ct freak jim whats his name.
Death to everybody who does not get outta my way. To: e_type_jag (#1) "I hate that you're off the plantation" 9-03-2010 Sheets Jerx .........(Why Fred???why the hate???....was it because my left Vibram sole made a lasting imprint on your face as I stepped over your constantly prone body and hopped the plantation wall. Message to lycra bra cross dressing dwarf if it returns....FOAD
I could not translate your kook talk - maybe someone can translate for you.....
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
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