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To: LLCF who wrote (55335)	6/28/2000 6:58:00 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116927

<<Wonder how the government takes into account the countless man hours wasted working for companies that went out of business before even doing any real business when they figure labour productivity??>> And the market was so good at putting money into Internet companies that we didn't build electrical generation: (Should we ask Ron where the promised Fuel Cell Technology is as generation needs mount!) U.S. Power Grid Suffers Heat Stroke California, New York, New England At Risk Critic Says Power Grids Are Neglected, Need Repair Overheating Economy, Computers And Gadgets Soak Up Juice NEW YORK -- July 27, 2000 AP Detroit suffered a two-day blackout earlier this month. (CBS) America's power grid seems to be have a potentially crippling case of heatstroke. This month San Francisco suffered hot-weather power shortages and southwestern California, New York and New England all face the threat of serious outages this summer. Chicago is at risk, too. To Bill Glick of the Energy Department, figuring out the problem is easy: new power plant construction has cooled while the economy has overheated. He says, "We?ve had the economy growing at great lengths the last several years, combined with people having more access to more computers and more fax machines and again more technological innovations that use electricity." (cont) cbsnews.cbs.com