Mon 7 Aug 2006
Power Utilities - Who is John Galt?
Posted by RichSlick under Financial Safety, John Galt
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For those of you who have never read Any Rynd’s Atlas Shrugged, I highly recommend the book. Although the book is fiction, there are some uncanny parallels to what happens to Americans in the book with what is going on in the world today. I’ve been reading about the heat wave hitting the MidWest and Northeast and came across an article from United Press International:
New York utility giving $3 blackout credit
“In testimony before a state Assembly committee, Con Ed CEO Kevin Burke said the utility would not increase its usual reimbursements to customers who lost perishable goods in the blackouts — $350 for residential customers and $7,000 for businesses.
It was the second day in a row Burke was questioned by lawmakers seeking reasons for a blackout that left parts of northwestern Queens in the dark for days.”
There were similar blackouts in St. Louis as well. There are so many startling things to question here:
Why are the blackouts happening?
Why don’t the utilities and engineers really know what is causing them or do a better job to prevent them?
Why isn’t the general public more skeptical and demanding some answers?
What does it say when the world’s most powerful and industrialized country can’t keep the lights on?
and lastly,
Who is John Galt?
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