Second day of rolling blackouts starts
mdevney at teamsphere.com
mdevney at teamsphere.com
Thu Jan 18 23:11:03 UTC 2001
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Roeland Meyer wrote:
>
> What's wrong with this picture? I see the generators, holding a shotgun at
> PG&E's neck, and telling the state that they'll pull the triggers if the
> state doesn't come up with the dough. They're not even wearing a mask! Yet,
> no one is seeing anything wrong with this and they're acting like it's
> PG&E's fault.
>
Also note that:
Half of these generators used to be owned and operated by PG&E; they were
spun off quickly after deregulation in an effort to boost profits. Had I
been out of diapers at the time, I would have seen this day coming back
then.
Root cause, then: PG&E can't get us electricity because they decided
profit was more important than assured service.
As usual, I blame capitalism. (Yes I am a pinko.)
Matthew Devney
Teamsphere Interactive
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