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Pastimes : The California Energy Crisis - Information & Forum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (842)	8/12/2001 6:58:59 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1715

Thanks Glenn. >>I looked out the window and saw the flames and the smoke rising," said Ray Hart, head of the energy planning team. The symbolism was not lost on him. The next day, with the state's electricity supply on the line and the governor's political career on the blink, Hart was called on to create an organization that overnight would become the biggest power buyer in the West, purchasing electricity for 10 million customers whose utilities were going broke. Now, seven months and billions of dollars later, the administration is under fire for paying top dollar for a cadre of inexperienced traders who at times have been exploited by veterans in the cutthroat energy industry. Even Gov. Gray Davis acknowledges the mismatch. "It's like the Yankees playing a stickball team," he said in a recent interview. "We're totally out of our league." I love this.... "energy planning team"..... Bottom line is had there BEEN planning, over say the past 10 years? Perhaps a few of those energy plants would have been built, prices would have remained stable and it would have obviated the "need" for putting together the "team" that was totally out their league. But then again, it's only taxpayer money, right? Here's a little fable for Mr. Davis and friends in CA govt.. I wonder if they will "get it"? <g> The Ant and the Grasshopper In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. "Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?" "I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same." "Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew: It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.