Re: Off Topic: U.S.A Blackouts & blah, blah, balh -> (was Re: Web Browser for IIgs)

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

"ground.ecn AppleII Librarian" wrote:

> In article <20010321092835.22118.00000277@ng-fc1.aol.com>,
> Cturley2 <cturley2@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >And, I reply...Well isn't that extra special.  I live in California and I've
> >seen no power problems or rolling black-outs occur here where
> >I live now in Leggett, California.  But, then - there isn't that many people in
> >Leggett, CA (population 198). Seems the rolling black-out issue is with highly
> >populated areas of California.
> >
> >California has always been the first to set trends with things in the USA and
> >even around the world.  Guess the rest of the USA can expect this power crisis
> >thing to spread around to the rest of the country and even the rest of the
> >world too - during this spring and summer.
>
> Hi Tom!  And I reply ... "keep the power crisis in CA" ;-)
>
> My concern in CA and the NW is that power is being traded as a commodity.
> It should be managed as a resource.  Yes, even in a capitalistic society,
> resources are MANAGED while commodities are TRADED.

Resources are commodities, and commodities are resources. And both are managed (or
mismanaged) and traded. A major part of the problem is that politicians have played
to certain special interests, gored "evil" special interests, and now the people are
paying the piper for the tune their elected officials danced to.

Roy

> Why is that such a
> difficult policy to follow?
>
>   --Steve
>
> --
>
>  --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)