northeast power outage

[Jack Berger]

Depending on where you are, the generation capacity may be adequate (excluding CA), transmission capacity is the limiting factor in many regions. And with dereg allowing or encouraging people to buy power anywhere and ship it across the country, some marginal lines are further taxed.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Hammer [mailto:Joel at hammershome.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 9:42 AM
> To: linux-users at linux-sxs.org
> Subject: Re: northeast power outage
> 
> 
> Well, what does the average person want to know about? The 
> power grid or
> lifestyles of the rich and famous or American idol?  We get 
> what we deserve.
> Engineers are SO boring. 
> 
> And, the environmentalists will fight attempts to increase power
> generation, except by building wind farms (aka 
> environmentally destructive
> tax ripoffs), which, as I understand it, make the grid more unstable,
> not less.
> 
> So, as we decline as a great power and evolve into a third 
> world country
> (California is just the beginning, and things will pick up speed),
> occasional power outages will be a minor inconvenience.
> 
> Joel
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 07:55:39AM -0500, Michael Hipp wrote:
> > Jack Berger wrote:
> > > Maybe this is the wake up call that we need to upgrade 
> the existing
> > > system to (at least) current demand.
> > 
> > All true. And it's not as if this is the first time such a 
> thing has 
> > happened.
> > 
> > The proper name for it is: "Dancing on the edge of the cliff".
> > 
> > Michael
> > 
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