On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:05:10 -0600, "HeyBub" wrote:

Evan wrote:
On Jan 13, 6:08 am, "HeyBub" wrote:
"California's cellphones, tablet computers, power tools and hundreds
of other portable electronic devices will be required to have
energy-stingy battery chargers beginning next year. The California
Energy Commission, by a 3-0 vote Thursday, approved
first-in-the-nation efficiency standards designed to drive stakes
through the hearts of about 170 million so-called vampire charging
systems that waste as much as 60% of the electricity they suck from
outlets."

"The regulations... are expected to save enough electricity to power
350,000 homes, equivalent to a city the size of Bakersfield."

In my view, Californians would be better off to eliminate
Bakersfield. If you've ever been there, you know what I mean.

http://www.latimes.com/business/mone...ia-regulates-e...

LOL...

The US Department of Energy should tell California to stop with the
foolish
initiatives to AVOID becoming energy independent... The issue is not
one of vampire power demands and eliminating them, it is a power
system
infrastructure which has been built on the basis of and requires
importing
electrical energy into the State of California off the interstate
power grid...


You have an excellent point. California is way more populated that Texas,
but in some ways the two states can be compared.

Texas is not connected to the two national power grids; it imports no
electrical power. The state is entirely self-sufficient in that regard.

Now what if California decided, or it was decided for them, to be power
independent?

It wouldn't be so bad - California has an agreeable climate, so the folks
wouldn't be freezing in the dark. They would, however, have to subsist on
nuts and berries.

Californians are cannibals? Oh, you said "berries", not "fruit".

Interesting concept.

Indeed.