In article , "Dee D. Flint"
writes:

So why hasn't California built any oil, coal, or hydroelectric power platns
in the last ten years? I'll tell you. They too are being blocked by the
environmentalists. Are they also economically unfeasible? It's unlikely.

Tsk, tsk, tsk...typical non-amateur-radio diversionism going on...by an
easterner trying to dump on the most populous state in the union.

According to a number of local newspapers (we refer to 1.4 million
daily issues as "local"), California HAS built power plants (not "platns")
in the last ten years. Fossil fuel types, too.

According to a bunch of ignorant easterners, California is supposed to
have an "energy shortage." It doesn't. What it did have are some
unscrupulous energy suppliers who played fast and loose with state
government regulations and have been investigated extensively since
all those "rolling blackouts, etc." of two-three years ago.

Here in the middle of Los Angeles, the Department of Water and Power
has NEVER had to resort to any "rolling blackouts" or other nonsense.
Electric power keeps flowing nicely at slightly less that a dozen cents a
KWHr electric to residences.

Last time my area suffered a major power outage was during the Northridge
Earthquake of 17 Jan 94...a MHV tower collapsed, causing the whole 10 to
12 million service area to trip out and go black. It was back up by
noontime
with a Black Start underway that was completed by nightfall.

"The Environment" and electric power plants aren't really an amateur radio
issue, are they? During the 17 Jan 94 Northridge quake the area lost ALL
electric power for a while. Oddly, NO amateur radio nets were springing
into action during a sudden emergency. Why was that? No ARRL reps
on hand to write them up? :-)

LHA