Maybe most of the rage should be directed toward so-called environmentalists who want to send us back to the stone age.
Slightly off topic, but...
I fully expect that if the Obama administration is allowed to continue to EPA the power companies into the bankruptcy for making “evil carbon dioxide,” that power outages and brownouts will become a regular occurrence.
We need to be self sufficient. Time is running out. The evil overlords in Washington only care about themselves.
Buy a (quiet) generator and fuel while you can. I suggest a kerosene powered generator. Kerosene stores safely for long periods of time. It behaves well at room temperature. Normal human beings can handle it with little worry of being blown up. Kerosene has a low vapor pressure in comparison to gasoline.
I tend to lump such people among the Occupy crowd. They have had many power outages in the past. They know they will be without electricity again and again. So, did they prepare by buying a generator for such times? No. They’d rather whine and place blame elsewhere. They lost $400 worth of groceries this time. Three such outages over three years and they’d be out the cost of a brand new 6000 W generator which would run their entire house with a few sacrifices such as using only one stove burner at a time. These people are Obama voters.
Get used to it, California. Green power is in between power, in between periods of no power, that is. Solar ware to save polar bares and wind mills in the hills will fix it straight away.
Jerry says he doesn’t know what you’re complaining about, he’s never had a problem with outages.
We lived in an area that experienced ice storms and power outages every winter.
I filled our old, oversized freezer half full with bags of ice to save energy.
The next ice storm was massive. Power was out for over a week. All our food was saved because of our oversized ice chest.
We left the area, and greatly downsized after our kids left, but I continue the same practice of keeping lots of ice, just in case.
For the same reason, we have a woodstove and gas cooking stove.
The days are upon us when we all have to be as prepared as possible to take care of ourselves. We knew a physician who did not know a gas stove burner could be lit with a match...simple things.
...a trove of documents uncovered by Congressional investigators reveals that ... the EPA is undermining the security and reliability of the U.S. electric power supply.Utilities across the country with coal being a large fraction of their energy mix are planning load curtailments and rationing. EPA is turning us into a third-world hell-hole with unreliable electricity.For the first time in U.S. history, net coal capacity is in decline. On top of the 38 gigawatts of generation that is already being run below normal levels or slated for early retirement, NERC predicts another 36 to 59 gigawatts will come offline by 2018, depending on the "scope and timing" of EPA demands. That could mean nearly a quarter of all coal-fired capacity.
EPA estimates that the benefits to society from the mercury reductions in the utility rule max out at $6.1 million, total, while imposing $11 billion in compliance costs annually.
Why does no one like me?
Because I am cooler!