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| | | (...) One of the places it's being bought from is Washington State. As a result. my power bill is almost double what it was at this time last year. :^P Meanwhile, the local power companies are asking us to conserve (so they can sell our power to CA) (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Rolling Blackouts —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | (...) Why don't you do what the Soviets did in Murmansk? To run the power grid, they hooked up the nuclear submarines to the grid to keep the power stable and affordable. best Lindsay (24 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Rolling Blackouts —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | (...) Oh sure, I'll just go right out and hook up my nuclear sub. Oh wait, I don't own one. Guess I'll just keep bending over for the power company. ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Rolling Blackouts —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | (...) Are you crazy? The 2nd Amendment guarantees that you can have one! What's wrong with you?! 8^) (...) "Let me control the power supply, and I don't care who makes the laws." Dave! (24 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Rolling Blackouts —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | | (...) It doesn't guarantee that you can afford one...merely that _if_ you can, then it's legal to own. (...) "Who runs Bartertown?" Chris (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Rolling Blackouts —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | (...) Hence the 8^) Dave! (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Rolling Blackouts —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) Clearly your second amendment rights are being violated. As long as that sub is "man portable" that is. So start building! ++Lar (24 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Rolling Blackouts —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | (...) No, that was the "royal" ("grand admiral?") you, as in the State of Washington. You've got tons of Pacific submarines at Bremerton, right? Hook 'em up! best LFB (though the Navy might take exception, granted...) (24 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Rolling Blackouts —James Simpson
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| | | | | (...) Its all corporate graft. Here in Houston (home of Enron, which has been fighting a court order to sell power to California), our energy costs are expected to triple this summer. Why? Even in August, Texas' month of peak demand, our energy (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Rolling Blackouts —James Simpson
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| | | | | | (...) Forgive me for adding an adendum to my own post, but as I was driving back to work from my lunch hour a few minutes ago, it just occured to me that, yes, Enron really *is* building a twin for its existing skyscraper downtown. Yes, we have to (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Rolling Blackouts —Lester Witter
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| | | | | | (...) consumers. (...) for (...) we (...) really (...) it. (...) I read an article about Texas power in the WSJ this week. According to the article Texas has made a delibert effort to not be connected to the inter-state power grid. Not being (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Rolling Blackouts —Mark Papenfuss
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| | | | (...) Wow, only double? You are lucky its only double, before all this my higest bill was $55 for one month, now the cheapest one I have gotten recently was over $150!! ARG! And of course they want to sell to us, they are getting rich doing so. Mark (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Rolling Blackouts —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | (...) I'm not interested in having a contest with people from California to see whose bill is worse. My point is that it's absurd that my power bill is double when it's not even my state that's having the power crisis. ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Rolling Blackouts —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | (...) My bill is worst of all. It's the only one that I have to pay for. :-) (...) But why should a power company sell you power for less than it could sell it to me for? Just because it's located in your state? I think the power from a particular (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Rolling Blackouts —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | (...) Of course your state is having a power crisis. Market forces. California is offering more money to the independent power companies than you are. What do you expect them to do, sell it to you for less than they can make? So, you have to pony up (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Rolling Blackouts —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | (...) Here's a news flash: I already *DO* conserve. we're very careful to limit our usage, and our power bills still keep skyrocketing. The BIG (have politicians in their back pockets) COMPANIES in the area get rate cuts when they conserve, but I (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Rolling Blackouts —Mark Papenfuss
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| | | | (...) lol, sorry if I came across like that, I was just wishing that mine was not as high as it is. I have a one bedroom apt, so I know my bill is less than many others, so I do feel lucky for that. (...) True, but your state will follow soon, Cali (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Rolling Blackouts —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | (...) Naw, he want's oil prices to skyrocket. You (okay, the American people rejected him, but there he is) elect oilmen, what do you expect? When re-election time comes, he's going to find out all those California businesses that saw their profits (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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