by Nicholas Schau
MRC Newsbusters
The New York Times’s insufferable economics writer Paul Krugman absurdly accused Texas GOP lawmakers of being plagued with “anti-woke mind virus” simply because they’re signaling favor for fossil fuels over green energy pipe dreams.
Krugman’s latest temper-tantrum against the right — headlined “How the Wind Became Woke” — came as a response to what the propaganda artist called “a raft of proposed measures” by Texas Republicans in favor of fossil fuels. These measures, Krugman claimed, include “restrictions that might block many renewable energy products.”
Krugman cited “greed” as one potential motivation for these proposals but outrageously concluded that the real reason for the measures was “that renewable energy has become a victim of the anti-woke mind virus.” Uh, what? Did Krugman forget that Texas recently suffered a power crisis that’s been attributed in-part to a misguided fixation on green energy?…
Energy and Environment Legal Institute Legal Senior Policy Fellow Steve Milloy blasted Krugman for once again stepping out of his lane and offering up his two-cents on climate. “Wind turbines are not about energy or free enterprise. It’s about the left’s Green New Deal political agenda and taxpayer parasites surfing the taxpayer subsidies and the inflated electricity prices wind power needs to work (only when the wind blows),” Milloy told MRC Business. “Let’s not forget that hundreds of Texans died in February 2021 when the wind turbines froze, causing blackouts across the state.” This was apparently lost on Krugman.
