The Latest on California's Energy Crisis

The ClubHouse: General Discussions - Jan -Apr. 2001: April: The Latest on California's Energy Crisis

Bijoux

Wednesday, April 18, 2001 - 05:28 pm Click here to edit this post
Letter From California Date: Monday, April 02, 2001

Dear Rest of the USA:

America has engaged in some finger wagging lately because
California doesn't have enough electricity to meet its needs.
The rest of the country (including George W. Bush's energy
secretary Spencer Abraham, who wants Californians to suffer
through blackouts as justification for drilling for oil in Alaska's
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) seems to be just fine with
letting Californians dangle in the breeze without enough power
to meet their needs. They laugh at Californians' frivolity.

Well, everybody. Here's how it really is:

California ranks 48th in the nation in power consumed per person.

California grows more than half the nation's fruit, nuts and
vegetables.

We're keeping them. We need something to eat when the power
goes out. We grow 99 percent or more of the nation's almonds,
artichokes, dates, figs, kiwifruit, olives, persimmons, pistachios,
prunes, raisins and walnuts.

Hope you won't miss them.

California is the nation's number one dairy state. We're keeping
our dairy products. We'll need plenty of cheese since our
refrigerators can't be relied upon. Got milk?

Oh, yeah, and if you want to make a long-distance call, remember
where the satellite components and tracking systems come from.

Maybe you could get back in the habit of writing letters.

Want to see a blockbuster movie this weekend? Come to
California.

We make them here. Since we'll now have to make them with our
own electricity, we're keeping them. Even if we shot them somewhere
else, the labs, printing facilities, editing facilities, and sound
facilities are all here.

Want some nice domestic wine? We produce over 17 million
gallons per year. We'll need all of it to drown our sorrows when we think
about the fact that no matter how many California products we
export to make the rest of America's lives better, America can't see its way
clear to help us out with a little electricity. We'll be needing our wine.

You all complain that we don't build enough power plants. Well,
you don't grow enough food, write enough software, make enough
movies, build enough airplanes and defense systems or make
enough wine.

This is your last warning, America. Lighten (us) up before it's
too late.

Love, The Californians

Twiggyish

Wednesday, April 18, 2001 - 06:16 pm Click here to edit this post
So build polluting oil rigs off the state of Florida.. build faulty power plants near schools and large communities. Be sure to build all these things in other states, so they can provide Californians their needed power. We didn't deregulate they did.

Bijoux

Wednesday, April 18, 2001 - 06:20 pm Click here to edit this post
Deregulation of only half the market - wasn't that just a stroke of brillance on the part of our leaders?