What The Texas Snowstorm Tells Us About America's Energy Infrastructure

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What The Texas Snowstorm Tells Us About America's Energy Infrastructure

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"The weather is playing a huge role in this situation. Our infrastructure isn't built to handle this much demand for heating under these conditions," says Joshua Rhodes, energy researcher at the University of Texas at Austin.Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Find us on Twitter @1A.

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