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To: Peter van Steennis who wrote (3658)	4/23/2001 1:01:04 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23153

Why would energy companies, electric or gas, divert precious resources trying to build facilities in California when "everyone" from the neighbor next door to the State Government either rejects their need or imposes such onerous requirements that the project will either be delayed for years or the cost skyrocket. Who needs the grief or the headache? They can use their resources elsewhere where they are needed and wanted without the constant criticism and impediments of California. I don't know why they would but they do. Maybe it is the size of the California market. I drive by four large power plants...two of them on prime coastal property and a couple of refineries every day on a 30 mile coastal trip to work. On the seaward side I pass about a dozen oil drilling platforms and oil islands. I admittedly do know all of the implications of the various FERC rulings, Well don't keep the secret...fill us in<g> this self imposed state energy crisis is unbelievable. My cousin was in from NJ last week. I was talking about the CA energy crisis...He said "you know the problem is not just in California" It is not a crime to work towards clean air and water. When I came to California 20 years ago the air was filthy. I remember a continuous dark brown haze. I considered it an unsatisfactory place to live due to the unhealthy conditions. The air and local harbor waters are now a lot cleaner than they were twenty years ago. California is still under federal mandate to clean up some more. Zeuspaul