Capitalism Hits Home: Texas’s Energy Disaster: A Crisis of Capitalism

[S3 E20] Texas’s Energy Disaster: A Crisis of Capitalism In this part 1 of an 8-part series on capitalist commodification, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano talk about the importance of heat and electricity. They discuss the devastation and the loss of human lives that resulted from the extreme cold temperatures and energy mismanagement by ERCOT in Texas. Texas gets 2/3 of its energy from fossil fuels and is the only state that does not participate in the national electric grid. That leaves it easily more open to corruption. Corrupt ERCOT did not weatherize its system as required. They saved money for their corporate backers and CEOs and sacrificed millions of Texans to freeze in the ’s capitalist logic for you! Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet Fraad and Julianna Forlano (CHH) is a@Democracy At Work production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Your contributions help keep this content free and accessible to all. If you would like to simply donate one time,