Re: electric rate & fees survey

Beachcomber said (on or about) 12/08/2007 03:31:
Just shut the electricity off. You really dont need it. Get a few
led flashlights, a laptop computer that runs off a 12v car battery,
and a transistor radio with crank generator. What more do you need?

This is a silly comment.

Once upon a time, growing electrical consumption was associated with a
higher standard of living.

During the great Rural Electrication drive in the USA during the
1930's, the farmers and other rural residents appreciated being
connected to the grid and not having to use oil lamps on the way to
the outhouse when it was 20 below outside.

Ask the people on the Washington and Oregon Coasts, who are still
without electricity from last Sunday's storm, how much they like it.

Incidently, electricity made indoor plumbing and practical home water
systems possible with a an electric well pump replacing that hand pump
in the kitchen.

It is amusing that some people today think that being off-grid is
infinitely better than being on the grid, especially if service is
readily available. They apparently have been brainwashed into
thinking a simple, minimal energy consuming lifestyle will improve
their lives and save the planet.

One of the reason cities exist in the first place is that vital
services, gas, electric, telephone, cable tv (some people consider
that vital), roads, sewerage, water, etc. can be served in bulk and at
lower cost (through private charges or tax assessments) instead of
having everyone build their own generator, water well, or sewage
septic system.

Classic example of post hoc ergo propter hoc logic.
Cities have existed far longer than public utilities have.




The sad part is that many electric companies (electricity is a vital
service), are private vs. public. These battles occured during the
1930's and, except for a few fortunate parts of the county, private
industry won.

Beachcomber




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