Russell Chapman wrote:
> My question is how has this *suddenly* happenned? There have
> been no major changes in industrial output or climatic changes...
That's the exact question California has been asking since January.
The consensus is that either SOMEBODY was/is unfairly influencing
the energy markets, or the whole concept that allowing private,
for-profit companies even a somewhat free hand to manage energy
utilities and set the price is terribly flawed, as energy demand
and the climate have not changed enough to explain even half of
the price hikes and shortages. All this makes people very
suspicious, and since they are making out like bandits from this
situation, blame comes first to the big energy supply companies.
Makes you wonder why all this would "suddenly" happen as soon as
a former oil company executive becomes President...
-- Matt Grimaldi
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