From an NYT article on today's blackout:
In reply to:


"If the economy grows at 3.5 percent a year for the next several years, I would not be surprised if we don't have interruptions on a scale that is not acceptable to most Americans," said Irwin Stelzer


I am lfet genuinely uncertain of just what it is he is trying to say - there are too many negatives for my poorly educated mind to grasp. Would someone care to help?