re: I think "deregulation" has caused that trickle down effect President Regan was so fond of talking about... but in ways not forseen at the time
actually,a book called 'everything for sale', written in the early 1990's, predicted most of what has happened... (not everything..) but he was right on the money for Power: power shortages (as in CA) and power outages -- one problem turning the power back on is that con ed (a NY example, but the same in most places) own the distributions rights, but not the power plants.. so it take more negociations to turn the power back on.. and because con ed owns the lines (distribution network) but not the power plants, it has very little incentive to put up new lines... and the power plant owners also have no incentive to improve distribution, since it would but them in competetion with con ed, and they would have very few places to 'sell the power' except single distributers... so the network of distribution lines deteriorates, since its in no ones interest to improve it.. and then NIMBY effects make it harder to set up substations, and step up transformers for new hi voltage lines, since everyone is afraid of HV power lines (they cause cancer, or aids or blindness or some such thing!)a real mess! we don't need to worry about AQadia, we are too busy shooting ourselves in the foot!
