Fossil Fuel Exec Brags Of 'Hitting The Jackpot' As Natural Gas Prices Surge Amid Deadly Crisis In Texas

[Concerned American]

...they did not die because of ERCOT /etc----my dad LIVED --outside--in 30 BELOW 0 weather!!! and did not die--that wasn't windchill ..they died because they were not prepared/smart/etc

So you send the utility company your money then. It's not my problem if they lose money. The citizens of Texas should make sure the utility company has to eat it. Not them.

Yeah, we know bro. "It's not my problem"...trust me, we are aware that you and your party feel that way about other human beings.

Thanks for saying it outright tho.

Swing and a miss. It's my party that's in your state right now helping the people now, while your party is on a plane to Cancun, and fossil fuel execs are salivating about all the "big gubmint" welfare they're going to get to line their pockets with.

Human beings and Republican fossil fuel donors, aren't human beings that anyone should care about. Bro

BooHoo, you had a week of freezing weather and temps are back in the 60's. Buck up pussy. Cruz was in Cancun with his family for TWO days. Din't your mommy give you a blanket?

? An 11 year old kid died. Millions went without warmth in their homes...my best friend had to take his family to a hotel.

Nobody is a pussy.

You had a week of discomfort in the tropics, cry me a river. People in New England experience these events two or three times every year. They survive. Life is hard--it is harder when you're stupid.

 

[Moonglow]

Isn't that the American dream? Hurray, for free markets and capitalist who help to kick yous when you are down and to economically enslave the mass populace..

"Big government please save me, I'm too stupid and lazy to fend for myself". It must be hell living with you and having to listen to your endless whining.

.

And you can quote where I said anything about "big government" or sit over there with the other dummies.

You are the singing the hymn of the socialist - capitalism bad, it make us slaves. Sounds like you are pining for a large bureaucracy, intrusive socialist country to come to your aid.

.

I never mentioned the word socialist you are making it up to look like you know what you are talking about. Lies, all lies that is all you have.

 

[Moonglow]

Joe played Mario Cart while Texas Froze

It's Kart with a K because it is Kool.

I love that game.

 

[AFrench2]

...they did not die because of ERCOT /etc----my dad LIVED --outside--in 30 BELOW 0 weather!!! and did not die--that wasn't windchill ..they died because they were not prepared/smart/etc

So you send the utility company your money then. It's not my problem if they lose money. The citizens of Texas should make sure the utility company has to eat it. Not them.

Yeah, we know bro. "It's not my problem"...trust me, we are aware that you and your party feel that way about other human beings.

Thanks for saying it outright tho.

Swing and a miss. It's my party that's in your state right now helping the people now, while your party is on a plane to Cancun, and fossil fuel execs are salivating about all the "big gubmint" welfare they're going to get to line their pockets with.

Human beings and Republican fossil fuel donors, aren't human beings that anyone should care about. Bro

BooHoo, you had a week of freezing weather and temps are back in the 60's. Buck up pussy. Cruz was in Cancun with his family for TWO days. Din't your mommy give you a blanket?

? An 11 year old kid died. Millions went without warmth in their homes...my best friend had to take his family to a hotel.

Nobody is a pussy.

You had a week of discomfort in the tropics, cry me a river. People in New England experience these events two or three times every year. They survive. Life is hard--it is harder when you're stupid.

People in New England go 5 days without power, running water, heat, or groceries 2 or 3 times a year? And their lawmakers leave them stranded and fly out?

That is awful, I am sorry to hear that.

 

[Moonglow]

...they did not die because of ERCOT /etc----my dad LIVED --outside--in 30 BELOW 0 weather!!! and did not die--that wasn't windchill ..they died because they were not prepared/smart/etc

So you send the utility company your money then. It's not my problem if they lose money. The citizens of Texas should make sure the utility company has to eat it. Not them.

Yeah, we know bro. "It's not my problem"...trust me, we are aware that you and your party feel that way about other human beings.

Thanks for saying it outright tho.

Swing and a miss. It's my party that's in your state right now helping the people now, while your party is on a plane to Cancun, and fossil fuel execs are salivating about all the "big gubmint" welfare they're going to get to line their pockets with.

Human beings and Republican fossil fuel donors, aren't human beings that anyone should care about. Bro

BooHoo, you had a week of freezing weather and temps are back in the 60's. Buck up pussy. Cruz was in Cancun with his family for TWO days. Din't your mommy give you a blanket?

? An 11 year old kid died. Millions went without warmth in their homes...my best friend had to take his family to a hotel.

Nobody is a pussy.

You had a week of discomfort in the tropics, cry me a river. People in New England experience these events two or three times every year. They survive. Life is hard--it is harder when you're stupid.

If you are going to quote someone at least use their name on the quote. John Wayne said it now stop plagiarizing.

 

[Concerned American]

Joe played Mario Cart while Texas Froze

It's Kart with a K because it is Kool.

Where is your concern for that 11 year old now? Whine, whine, whine.

 

[Decus]

Capitalism at work.

A socialist government built power system doesn't fail when extreme conditions hit it? What a miraculous thing. The guy's a jerk, has nothing to do with Capitalism. He'd be one of the elite in a socialist country, living high on the hog while the rest of the people suffer.

As someone who lives in Texas, you have no idea what you're talking about. please be quiet.

Seems you don't know much about how things are in socialist countries.

.

 

[Concerned American]

...they did not die because of ERCOT /etc----my dad LIVED --outside--in 30 BELOW 0 weather!!! and did not die--that wasn't windchill ..they died because they were not prepared/smart/etc

So you send the utility company your money then. It's not my problem if they lose money. The citizens of Texas should make sure the utility company has to eat it. Not them.

Yeah, we know bro. "It's not my problem"...trust me, we are aware that you and your party feel that way about other human beings.

Thanks for saying it outright tho.

Swing and a miss. It's my party that's in your state right now helping the people now, while your party is on a plane to Cancun, and fossil fuel execs are salivating about all the "big gubmint" welfare they're going to get to line their pockets with.

Human beings and Republican fossil fuel donors, aren't human beings that anyone should care about. Bro

BooHoo, you had a week of freezing weather and temps are back in the 60's. Buck up pussy. Cruz was in Cancun with his family for TWO days. Din't your mommy give you a blanket?

? An 11 year old kid died. Millions went without warmth in their homes...my best friend had to take his family to a hotel.

Nobody is a pussy.

You had a week of discomfort in the tropics, cry me a river. People in New England experience these events two or three times every year. They survive. Life is hard--it is harder when you're stupid.

People in New England go 5 days without power, running water, heat, or groceries 2 or 3 times a year? And their lawmakers leave them stranded and fly out?

That is awful, I am sorry to hear that.

That didn't take long. Troll. No time for morons. Cancelled.

 

[AFrench2]

Joe played Mario Cart while Texas Froze

It's Kart with a K because it is Kool.

Where is your concern for that 11 year old now? Whine, whine, whine.

I feel awful that a young boy died during this time. This entire situation is terrible. I hope that our state lawmakers can weatherize the grid properly so this never happens again. Also, I hope they have a better force of Sandtrucks (we really needed those Tuesday and Wednesday) and don't have to call the President all the way across the country to get Sanders and infrastructure in.

If that is whining, then so be it. This should never happen again.

EDIT: State lawmakers can *change ERCOT regulations to force companies to weatherize the grid properly* I should say.

 

[Concerned American]

Joe played Mario Cart while Texas Froze

It's Kart with a K because it is Kool.

Where is your concern for that 11 year old now? Whine, whine, whine.

I feel awful that a young boy died during this time. This entire situation is terrible. I hope that our state lawmakers can weatherize the grid properly so this never happens again. Also, I hope they have a better force of Sandtrucks (we really needed those Tuesday and Wednesday) and don't have to call the President all the way across the country to get Sanders and infrastructure in.

If that is whining, then so be it. This should never happen again.

EDIT: State lawmakers can *change ERCOT regulations to force companies to weatherize the grid properly* I should say.

You must not be a native Texan. Native Texans would have figured they have a state full of sand and trucks galore. Secondly, you whine about the cost of energy and then you want them to put Arctic policies in the tropics. How much do you think that would cost you, moron? Stupid democrat. Go back to CA.

 

[Decus]

Isn't that the American dream? Hurray, for free markets and capitalist who help to kick yous when you are down and to economically enslave the mass populace..

"Big government please save me, I'm too stupid and lazy to fend for myself". It must be hell living with you and having to listen to your endless whining.

.

And you can quote where I said anything about "big government" or sit over there with the other dummies.

You are the singing the hymn of the socialist - capitalism bad, it make us slaves. Sounds like you are pining for a large bureaucracy, intrusive socialist country to come to your aid.

.

I never mentioned the word socialist you are making it up to look like you know what you are talking about. Lies, all lies that is all you have.

When you say that capitalists (capitalism) "economically enslave the mass populace" that wouldn't be what is often heard in socialist dogma???

Too fking funny.

.

 

[Moonglow]

Isn't that the American dream? Hurray, for free markets and capitalist who help to kick yous when you are down and to economically enslave the mass populace..

"Big government please save me, I'm too stupid and lazy to fend for myself". It must be hell living with you and having to listen to your endless whining.

.

And you can quote where I said anything about "big government" or sit over there with the other dummies.

You are the singing the hymn of the socialist - capitalism bad, it make us slaves. Sounds like you are pining for a large bureaucracy, intrusive socialist country to come to your aid.

.

I never mentioned the word socialist you are making it up to look like you know what you are talking about. Lies, all lies that is all you have.

When you say that capitalists (capitalism) "economically enslave the mass populace" that wouldn't be what is often heard in socialist dogma???

Too fking funny.

.

You can be an economic slave under socialism also-duh. Now, laugh clown, laugh!

 

[Mac-7]

More than two dozen Texans have died as a result of Winter Storm Uri—and thousands remain without heat, water, and food—but widespread evidence of human suffering didn't stop one dirty energy executive from boasting about profiting from the crisis.

"Obviously, this week is like hitting the jackpot." That's what Roland Burns, president and chief financial officer of Comstock Resources, Inc., a shale drilling company, told investors on an earnings call earlier this week, according to NPR.

Fossil Fuel Exec Brags of 'Hitting the Jackpot' as Natural Gas Prices Surge Amid Deadly Crisis in Texas | Common Dreams

The GOP is erroneously blaming frozen wind turbines for power outages because the Green New Deal is "the biggest legislative threat against the corrupt powers responsible for (and benefiting from) the suffering unfolding now," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

www.commondreams.org

And apparently, Texas Republicans are expecting exactly that.

Texas GOP congressman: Federal disaster aid will help homeowners with high utility bills

A Texas congressman said Sunday that homeowners in his state who are facing shockingly high electric payments and damage to their homes resulting from recent winter weather would be eligible for ai…

thehill.com

Yep. They're expecting the rest of the tax payers of America to pay the price gouging utility bills, Texas homeowners will be receiving, to pad their own pockets, and political campaigns, for a disaster the their failed disaster capitalist policies caused in the first place.

Please call your Senator at 202-224-3121, and tell them not one dime of tax payer money goes to Texas utility companies. Let governor Abbott explain those bills to them. I'm sure they'll be sympathetic, and understanding to that whole small government thing.

There is a lot to understand about energy shortage in Texas

but based on that link it appears that Comstock is able to deliver natural gas when other companies cannot

is it because they winterized their production fields better than the other guys?

And speaking of other guys.

It’s not enough that Jones somehow hoodwinked local taxpayers into paying for the stadium his team plays in; now he’s gouging them senseless as they face one of the biggest crises they’ve encountered in decades.

Jerry Jones' energy company 'hits jackpot' as fellow Texans struggle to survive

Looks like unfettered capitalism is working exactly as it’s supposed to in Texas. Texas billionaire Jerry Jones is, of course, best known for somehow making me hate the Dallas Cowboys even more than I used to (in case you’re not a football fan, he owns...

www.dailykos.com

Jones has not gouging anyone

the price of energy is driven by supply and demand

jones will charge the going rate whatever that happens to be

 

[Decus]

Isn't that the American dream? Hurray, for free markets and capitalist who help to kick yous when you are down and to economically enslave the mass populace..

"Big government please save me, I'm too stupid and lazy to fend for myself". It must be hell living with you and having to listen to your endless whining.

.

And you can quote where I said anything about "big government" or sit over there with the other dummies.

You are the singing the hymn of the socialist - capitalism bad, it make us slaves. Sounds like you are pining for a large bureaucracy, intrusive socialist country to come to your aid.

.

I never mentioned the word socialist you are making it up to look like you know what you are talking about. Lies, all lies that is all you have.

When you say that capitalists (capitalism) "economically enslave the mass populace" that wouldn't be what is often heard in socialist dogma???

Too fking funny.

.

You can be an economic slave under socialism also-duh. Now, laugh clown, laugh!

"Hurray, for free markets and capitalist who help to kick yous when you are down and to economically enslave the mass populace.."

Very clear you were talking about socialists.

Too fking funny.

.

 

[The Irish Ram]

Capitalism at work.

Would you rather live in a socialist country, pup?

Learning from your mistakes has it's merits, but learning from other's mistakes is much more astute...

 

[hadit]

Capitalism at work.

A socialist government built power system doesn't fail when extreme conditions hit it? What a miraculous thing. The guy's a jerk, has nothing to do with Capitalism. He'd be one of the elite in a socialist country, living high on the hog while the rest of the people suffer.

As someone who lives in Texas, you have no idea what you're talking about. please be quiet.

How does that normally work out for you?

 

[The Irish Ram]

the price of energy is driven by supply and demand

That is a correct statement.
1. When there is a large supply to meet a large demand, the price remains stable.
2. When there is a larger supply and a static demand, the price will go down to be competitive.
3. When there is a small supply, and a large demand, prices will soar.

When capitalist America, jumped back into the oil and gas business, it created a larger supply and our prices went down. We were the beneficiaries.
When we get out of the gas and oil business and have to rely on others to meet the demand, prices soar.
^ we just elected # 3...

 

[d0gbreath]

thats an opportunist not a capitalist

Please show me the difference.

 

[progressive hunter]

thats an opportunist not a capitalist

Please show me the difference.

if you have to ask you will never understand the answer,,,

 

[harmonica]

...they keep

...they did not die because of ERCOT /etc----my dad LIVED --outside--in 30 BELOW 0 weather!!! and did not die--that wasn't windchill ..they died because they were not prepared/smart/etc

So you send the utility company your money then. It's not my problem if they lose money. The citizens of Texas should make sure the utility company has to eat it. Not them.

Yeah, we know bro. "It's not my problem"...trust me, we are aware that you and your party feel that way about other human beings.

Thanks for saying it outright tho.

Swing and a miss. It's my party that's in your state right now helping the people now, while your party is on a plane to Cancun, and fossil fuel execs are salivating about all the "big gubmint" welfare they're going to get to line their pockets with.

Human beings and Republican fossil fuel donors, aren't human beings that anyone should care about. Bro

BooHoo, you had a week of freezing weather and temps are back in the 60's. Buck up pussy. Cruz was in Cancun with his family for TWO days. Din't your mommy give you a blanket?

? An 11 year old kid died. Millions went without warmth in their homes...my best friend had to take his family to a hotel.

Nobody is a pussy.

You had a week of discomfort in the tropics, cry me a river. People in New England experience these events two or three times every year. They survive. Life is hard--it is harder when you're stupid.

People in New England go 5 days without power, running water, heat, or groceries 2 or 3 times a year? And their lawmakers leave them stranded and fly out?

That is awful, I am sorry to hear that.

here in the link = LIVING---30 BELOW 0 --for weeks-- OUTSIDE--AND kicking Chinese a$$...my dad was there

https://www.legion.org/magazine/250803/coldest-battle

certainly it is no problem at 20 F inside a nice house