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To: LLCF who wrote (58606)	1/17/2001 11:57:02 AM
From: JHP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

LIVE REPORT FROM CALI Re: Aeroti - OTWe have no power. WTF??? by: aeroti (36/M/Laguna, CA) 01/17/01 10:47 am EST Msg: 7659 of 7661 California has put themselves in a real big mess. We do not have enough electricity, (PERIOD). The state government got involved years ago. What a mess. The largest power supplier is in bankrupcy, Clinton said he will not help. Cal. is the worlds sixth largest GNP provider. We are bigger than FRANCE. Go under any web site, under major news. You will find it. I am setting in my office with a battery lamp. Enough power to run my computer and telephone. Thats it. 200 employees sent home and we can not make titanium honeycomb exhaust systems. We will start to make our own power tommorow for $1,000 day. Deisel. Greenpeace will love that. Can you imagine the pollution if thausands of companies start burning deisel to make electricity????????????? I am moving back to Conn. At least they charge enough not to go bankrupt.

To: LLCF who wrote (58606)	1/17/2001 1:20:24 PM
From: Oblomov	Respond to of 436258

>>Agreed, but even then, wouldn't that increased productivity in the economy ALREADY be measured and taken into account in the government numbers? DAK, a good point - and in an ideal GDP measurement, this would be the case. The problem is that our measurements of economic aggregates (such as GDP) are gross approximations at best. The addition of adjustments for quality, productivity, chain-weighting, and inflation only compounds the potential error.