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Re: Rolling Blackouts
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Wed, 9 May 2001 15:01:28 GMT
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Yup, all the electric clocks in my house were blinking when I got home. At
least where I work has been declared a "critical installation" and isn't
subject to blackouts - allegedly, since I'm at a slightly offsite facility
and we are all wondering if we'll get overlooked.
Simply put, we're doomed until someone decides to actually build more power
plants, which will take a long while anyway. Thank you, Pete Wilson, for
your foresight (not to take away from your accurate assessment of Gray
Davis, whose solution is to run around like the proverbial decapitated chicken).
And of course, Dubya to California: "You didn't vote for me, drop dead!" At
least all the moronic businessmen who shoveled money into the coffers of two
Texas oilmen are finding out where those two's loyalty lies (I'd laugh
harder, but I'm stuck on the same sinking ship).
On the bright side - the death of gas-guzzling SUVs is just around the
corner. :-)
Bruce
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott P. Costello writes:
> For the second time I have now been victim of California's rolling
> blackouts. The first experience was a few months ago at home, and now today
> 5/8/01 here at work. For those of you not experiencing this wonderful
> phenomenon, it really sucks! This is just the tip of the iceberg, what is it
> going to be like come July or August when power demand is really high due to
> high temperatures? Our idiot govenor Gray Davis has done nothing but spend
> one billion dollars to buy power, this is the equivelant of puting a
> band-aid on a bazooka wound. All the stupid politicians out here can seem to
> talk about is price caps. While I am sitting here in the dark, I would be
> willing to pay a few bucks more to actually have consistant power. Here at
> my work we are a website, so we just shut down for about an hour. Granted
> this all seems somewhat trivial in the face of other global issues, but this
> problem was preventable if our predicessors had even bothered.
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> Here are a few key facts:
> 1. In the USA, California is dead last in energy production per capita 50
> out of 50
> 2. In the USA, California is first in conservation per capita.
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> Believe me the solution is not conservation, we are doing that. The answer
> is also not to blow the entire budget on state run power. I doubt a
> realistic motion to impeach govenor Davis would amount to anything by next
> year, but I sure hope the next guy does a better job.
>
> And here I thought I did not live in a third world nation.
>
> Scott
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