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To: David Lawrence who wrote (1147)2/27/2002 7:01:14 PM
From: Raymond Duray  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1715
 
Hi David,

Houston has the worst air pollution in the nation due to the Shrub's chicanery at accepting "voluntary" emissions standards from his petro industry cronies.

Re: Yet, by many accounts, there is been little growth in CA's power generation capacity over the past decade.
That's a red herring. Supply and demand were well matched.
There never was a moratorium on plant construction in California. It was a lie.

Re: There appears to be a better balance between environmental and economic concerns in this part of the lower 48.

See above. I disagree. So does the EPA.

Re: , but after scanning through a number of posts it seemed that the entire blame was being attributed to Enron and others of their ilk.

That is correct. They are to blame. Here's something that not many want to admit to, the game was rigged by Wall Street, in collusion with the IPPs:

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