Re: Something interesting

On May 28, 1:35 am, Tadas Blinda <tadas.bli...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hold on a minute, this all started from Andrius the SU worshipper
trying to tell us that "some parts of USA still suffer from
electricity lack".


Well, today, I am not aware of any such "electricity lack". However,
back in 1995 or 1996 Northern California did indeed have no
electricity. We had a blackout that lasted more than a weeks and
resulted in me losing quite expensive foods (caviar and foi gras) that
were in my refrigerator. Plus, let me tell you, living without any
lights, hot water, kitchen appliances, music/TV, etc was quite
stressful to the spoiled Californians like myself. About 5 years
later, rolling blackouts became a daily reality, this time because
George Dubya Bush' best friends at Enron decided to make an extra $11
billion by blackmailing the people of Northern California and
Washington:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_electricity_crisis

Section: The involvement of Enron

Enron Trader Tapes
The 2004 release of transcripts of taped conversations among Enron
electricity traders in the summer of 2001 revealed that company
insiders not only knew they were stealing from California and other
states, but gloated about it. The release of thousands of hours of
tapes was a powerful indictment of the energy companies that looted
California and Washington of close to $11 billion.

At a time when streets in Northern California were lit only by head
lights, factories shut down and families were trapped in elevators,
Enron Energy traders laughed:

"Just cut 'em off. They're so f----d. They should just bring back
f-----g horses and carriages, f-----g lamps, f-----g kerosene lamps."

Trader 1: “They’re f-----g taking all the money back from you guys?
All the money you guys stole from those poor grandmothers in
California?”
Trader 2: "Yeah, Grandma Millie man. But she’s the one who couldn’t
figure out how to f-----g vote on the butterfly ballot."
[Laughing from both sides]
Trader 1: "Yeah, now she wants her f-----g money back for all the
power you've charged right up, jammed right up her a-- for f-----g
$250 a megawatt hour."
[Harder Laughing]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EnroN
Following passage, California had a total of 38 blackouts defined as
Stage 3 rolling blackouts, until federal regulators intervened in June
2001. These blackouts occurred mainly as a result of a poorly designed
market system that was manipulated by traders and marketers. Enron
traders were revealed as intentionally encouraging the removal of
power from the market during California's energy crisis by encouraging
suppliers to shut down plants to perform unnecessary maintenance, as
documented in recordings made at the time. These acts contributed to
the need for rolling blackouts, which adversely affected many
businesses dependent upon a reliable supply of electricity, and
inconvenienced a large number of retail consumers. This scattered
supply raised the demand exponentially, and Enron traders were thus
able to sell power at premium prices, sometimes up to a factor of 20x
its normal peak value.
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Plus I have been in dozens and dozens of other, local power failures.

In all my years in Moscow, I don't think I witnessed more than 2 or 3
power failures, and they were local and didn't last for more than an
hour. Even the worst snow storms had no effect on Moscow’s power
supplies.


I don't go into details of my personal life on SCB, but Tadas
Blinad is no stranger to "roughing it". Nevertheless, I
wouldn't want to live like they di in rural Cambodia.


Relax. We have established here that places you may want to live in
Lithuania or visit in Russia are not nearly as bad as rural
Cambodia. :-)

Plus why would you want to go to rural Cambodia? If you want to go to
Indochina, go to beach resorts in Thailand. Make sure to choose the
destinations where the water is clean, clear and turquoise.
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