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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] So recently the news has been all full of how deregulation has somehow managed to lead to higher costs for energy in California, and somehow caused the energy shortage a few days ago. Reportedly, CA stations were short some 11,000 Megawatts, causing roaming brownowts and outages as CA's overburdened system struggled to keep up with demand. That's what they're SAYING, anyway. Here's some information that may shed new light on the subject, though. Of the 11,000 Megawatts, 2,000 were due to plants being offline for regularly scheduled maintenance. An easily overcomeable loss. The other 9,000? The plants that would have produced this energy had been shut down by the government... because they'd produced their quota of carbon dioxide for the year. CA COULD have 'bought' power from other states' systems, thus allowing the electricity to reach market value, rather than driving the prices up... except the govt. regulations wouldn't let them. It's a manufactured shortage and a false crisis. They lie. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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