From what I've read, the bird-chopper operators failed to winterize their bird choppers. Maybe they believed their Global Warming shtick. And winterizing might have been as "simple" as using the proper lubricants.
Yep. We got windmills here in WV, not many but some, and they don't freeze. And I can see the moisture plume from the cooling towers of the coal electric generating plant from my front porch that is two mountains over. If the wind is right I get heavy frost on the car and yard. We have had 20 below temps, extended cold snaps of temps in the high single digits and lows at or below zero for 2-3 weeks straight and frozen roads... but that plant has never has shut down.
We are a winter peak electric demand state and our shit works. So why doesn't Texas shit work?
Seems like this has occurred several times before.
This is not a conservative or liberal issue... it is an engineering issue that management has decided is not cost effective.
I have zero sympathy. Let them freeze.