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Re: diesel fule shortage? o/t
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Posted by Matt from CT on August 10, 2006 at 06:11:03 from (68.118.198.252):
In Reply to: Re: diesel fule shortage? o/t posted by Allan In NE on August 10, 2006 at 06:05:37:
Have to say the sudden discovery of failing pipelines in Alaska also sound a lot like the manipulation by Enron and others of both the generating and distribution capacity of electricity in California back in 2000(?)... Oh geez, we *have* to take this plant off line for maintenance right now. Oh geez, we can't move all this power from north to south this time of year because the lines sag too much ;) Oh geez, we're sorry, these shortages really aren't are fault! Yes, there may have been over regulation in the past. But start enforcing Antitrust / Monopoly laws again and re-establish reasonable regulations of natural monopolies and we'd be much better off. We're now seeing the downside of too much efficiency -- corporations too consolidated, running too lean on their infrastructure to squeeze maximum profits. Not competitive, and not able to respond rapidly to market changes.
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