Massive Power Outage

[Mathias_Ice]

Originally posted by Captain Kwok:

I was annoyed by many people that continued to run their a/c and even did laundry in my building, while they were asking not to run a/c and major appliances so they could get power to all people. So selfish!

I assume you are typing this up from your solar powered PC so as not to be wasting power that should be going to the ambulance station or telephone switch. I'd hate to see a human life lost because you were using up that valuable electricity in such a greedy fashion as posting a message on the internet.

I just hope they find the cause of this problem and make sure it doesn't happen again! I also hope this makes people more aware of the need to conserve electricity. Us North Americans are so greedy when it comes to power, it serves us right to lose it more often!

You're joking, right? Feel free to be proactive in this situation. I'm sure some sub-Saharan clan of nomads would be happy to accept you into there family. Otherwise be very cautious of the rocks you throw around in you air-conditioned glass house, you might break your refrigorator or computer monitor.

I've heard conservation being preached for thirty years and while the concept has its merits, what needs to happen is to have the "Not in my Backyard" crowd cut off the grid, letting them fend for themselves in their own air-conditioned glass houses. New transmission lines need to be built, but mostly new power plants need to be built to keep up with our expanding economies and societies.