If you get a chance, please read the book "1984" by George Orwell. It
explains a bit about the constant shortages, and why the system can't meet
everyone's needs.

Christopher A. Young
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"Gordon Burditt" wrote in message
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The north-american power grid is large enough, and diverse enough, to be
about to (a) always have spare capacity somewhere on the grid, and (b)
be able to move that spare capacity around so it gets to those that need
it, when they need it.

Please explain the existence of "rolling blackouts", then. It happened
in Texas during both peak load times in the summer, and in the winter when
the excuse was that some of the plants on standby had some equipment freeze
or fail when they were needed.