Re: [biofuel] A Shock to the System - Blackouts Happen

2003-08-29 Thread Alan Petrillo
Keith Addison wrote: > http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair08192003.html [snip] > The electrical system of post-regulatory America is a Hobbesian > morass of open markets, emasculated regulators and predatory > corporations who are supposed to be providing a basic human service > but act as if t

[biofuel] A Shock to the System - Blackouts Happen

2003-08-29 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair08192003.html August 19, 2003 A Shock to the System Blackouts Happen By JEFFREY ST. CLAIR "The Dark Ages: They haven't ended yet." Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. The most shocking thing about the reaction to the power outage that darkened the Northeast last week (asi

[biofuel] A Shock to the System - Blackouts Happen

2003-08-28 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair08192003.html August 19, 2003 A Shock to the System Blackouts Happen By JEFFREY ST. CLAIR "The Dark Ages: They haven't ended yet." Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. The most shocking thing about the reaction to the power outage that darkened the Northeast last week (asi