1. The purpose of an editorial/commentary is to explain, persuade, warn, criticize, entertain, praise or answer. What do you think is the purpose of the Wall Street Journal editors’ opioion? Explain your answer.

2. What is the main idea of this article?

3. What is your reaction to each of the following points made in the article?

1. Yet the power grid is becoming less reliable due to growing reliance on wind and solar, which can’t provide power 24 hours a day, seven days a week. (para. 1)
2. Coal and nuclear are the most reliable sources of power. But competition from heavily subsidized wind power and inexpensive natural gas, combined with stricter emissions regulation, has caused coal’s share of Texas’s electricity to plunge by more than half in a decade to 18%. (para. 4)
3. Texas’ wind’s share has tripled to about 25% since 2010 and accounted for 42% of power last week before the freeze set in. (para. 5)
4. About half of Texans rely on electric pumps for heating, which liberals want to mandate everywhere. But the pumps use a lot of power in frigid weather. So while wind turbines were freezing, demand for power was surging. (para. 5)

4. Most media outlets dismissed the fact that frozen wind turbines in Texas contributed to the power crisis during this extremely unusual winter storm when people were using more electricity in freezing temperatures. Why do you think this is so?