"PrecisionmachinisT" wrote in message

And before anyone starts suggests that government ought to take
over, using taxpayer dollars, you need to realize that someone's
taxes would need to go up, and that government-control of energy
production is a textbook example of socialism.

The government has owned and controlled energy production since 1933:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority

"The Kentucky Sierra Club called the [2008 Kingston] disaster the
"worst environmental disaster since Chernobyl"."
"The disaster continues to poison lakes and stream as well as
potentially the drinking water of millions."

Who knew?

jsw