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Re: power to the internet


From: "Constantine A. Murenin" <mureninc () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2019 19:59:54 -0600

On Wed, 25 Dec 2019 at 19:32, Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com> wrote:

On the dark side, this is probably coming to a lot more states and
countries due to climate change. Australia. Sigh.


Do you have a source for this?  It would seem that these power issues are
rather unique to California not because of some "climate change" bogeyman,
but rather because of a failed public policy at the state level.

It would also seem that these issues of rolling blackouts aren't even new
to California, either, as, apparently, it's already been the norm during
2000/2001:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_electricity_crisis

C.

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