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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (131338)	2/2/2001 3:38:42 PM
From: Windsock	Respond to of 1570744

Ten - Re:"But if what Mr. Wishful Thinking said is true, that's great news for my state of Oregon. We no longer have to help out California, and Senators Ron Wyden(D) and Gordon Smith(R) can be reassured that California's power troubles won't spread to the Pacific Northwest. Uh huh." Currently, 25% of the power generated in CA is shipped out of state, much of it to the Pacific Northwest that has higher electric needs in the winter. The fact is that the entire Western Power grid is tied together and the entire area will suffer together. California has managed to get itself in trouble with its power deregulation scheme, that is not really deregulation but a set of new, horribly-designed rules. However, the Pacific Northwest is not far behind with troubles. The Northwest is heavily dependent on hydro and the drought is already beginning to cause power generation problems. Worse is yet to come unless you get Noah's Ark type floods.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (131338)	2/2/2001 4:37:26 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570744

Ten, Bush was right in saying that this is a California-only problem Standard Bush double-talk. Declare it a "state" problem, and take federal action simultaneously. Just like in the election. The man is completely full of it. Scumbria

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (131338)	2/2/2001 4:38:04 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570744

Tenchusatsu, I just came across a very reliable site as far as news are concerned: nakednews.com (you may want to take a look - at home not at work - DSL or cable help), but one tidbit of information was interesting. Supposedly California tax payers are paying $45 million per day to subsidize the high energy consumption, or $16.4 billion per year if the prices remain where they are. Let's see what the so called "environmentalists" are all about: release the strategic petroleum reserve to keep the prices low and consumption up, and now they are going to subsidize high energy consumption with tax money. Good thing they have the evil Big Corporations to blame. I guess if the shortage continues, they have a solution: increase taxes for more energy consumption subsidies, release more oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve (wait a minute, how does the oil get into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the first place? Don't you have to drill somewhere, transport it? Nah, don't you worry your pretty little environmentalist head with those kinds of details) Joe