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  • Profile picture of Laurent

    Laurent posted an update 5 years, 2 months ago

    One could utter such platitudes as ‘the situation has been developing for years’ and that ‘the policies enacted where actually broadly accepted across many states and other countries’ and ‘the decisions were more concerned about public perception rather than public safety, let alone actually providing electricity to its customers’…

    …How could we know?

    Unfortunately, we don’t seem to be living in a world where critical infrastructure will be managed by serious people and I can now affirm that ONLY AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF CALIFORNIANS ESCAPING FROM THE HELL THEY CREATED FOR THEMSELVES, HAVE THEY TURNED THEIR NEW HOME INTO A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.

    https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1361734258629353473.html

    Also, Texas is the only state that had its own independent grid. I wonder how long that is going to last now.

    • Profile picture of Robert Barricklow
      Robert Barricklow replied 5 years, 2 months ago

      All about profit?
      What happened to a good old fashioned well-maintained & updated public utility infrastructure to keep America competitive in a world market?
      Absentee owners?
      Foreign owners?
      Or, both?

      • Profile picture of PiPoe
        PiPoe replied 5 years, 2 months ago

        I can attest that CA is a third world country in regard to infrastructure. We Know we will experience power outages; a lot of people here in the mountains where I reside have generators because of this. I have two and I keep multiple gas cans filled and a siphon ready to drain the vehicles. It is sad to hear that TX and other states in the US are sitting in the same pile of rubble.

        • Profile picture of FiatLux
          FiatLux replied 5 years, 2 months ago

          I’m as worried about the exodus out of CA and NY as anybody, but I don’t think a few months is enough time to put all the pieces in place for this kind of screw-up. It’s part of a much bigger agenda. In the meantime, nation-states like the U.S. are there to be economically harvested. Things like infrastructure quality or usefulness to the general public aren’t part of the equation.