There are many reasons the costs for power exploded in 2001.
Lets go back several administrations, to that of that gutless loser, Carter. He effectively neutered the Power Industry by making it illegal to transport spent nuclear fuel offsite. Along with several new regulations about how plants should be built, that made them not more safe, but more expensive. this was reason for glee with the tree-huggers.
Next, we go to Clinton's Administration. I dont blame him for energy Crises, i blame Carter, and Davis.
The current (and future problem) is the lack of competition in energy distribution. Officially, I can buy my power from 2 companies, but in actuality, 1 is a subsidiary of the other. So, wheres the competition that goes along with deregulation to drive down the cost of power?
Now, Davis' handling of the power crisis, was worthy of a righteous butt-kicking. (according to minsc.
) He panicked when he got faced with these competitions. He then signed contracts that held our power costs at a uniformly high level. our costs are still around the highest in the nation. When costs dropped, we are and will still be paying those uniformly high costs. and the energy companies are laughing their asses off at this.
And lastly, the energy companies, with their deep pockets and amazing bribing ability, got a law passed that made it illegal to generate your own power. In my area, people cant have generators, or Solar Panels, or anything of the sort. The generator law was passed primarily because of treehuggers saying we'll pollute the environment. bullS#(IT. oh well. The anti solar panels was passed because it claims that solar power on the grid can endanger the lives of electricians working on the lines when the grid goes down. this is known as islanding. however, that fear is completely unfounded, as when the grid goes down, in all tests the solar power was taken off the grid. read a copy of some power publication to know what im talking about. find something named guerilla solar, or something similar. that article should have what im talking about.
Bush has nothing to do with California's energy crisis. it is a state problem. Someone above me made the reference between the criminal and the victim. So, now our state government is a criminal? shouldnt we prosecute it?
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