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On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 11:00:32AM -0800, Roeland Meyer wrote: > > From: Bora Akyol [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > I don't understand why they don't go to planned blackouts instead of > > unplanned blackouts. This may actually drive the demand down > > and price > > with it. Plus maybe the population would decline with people > > migrating > > to South Dakota and all (for those of you that are not living > > in the SF > > Bay Area, S.D. has been advertising extensively on the radio > > as a good > > place to do business with ample energy). > > The argument against such planned blackouts are, Crypts, Bloods, F-troop, et > al. (gangs/looters, for those whom aren't familiar) IOW, physical security. > Numerous blackouts have proven that social predators take advantage of > situations where no one can see them, the power is out, and the police are > otherwise occupied. conversely, it gives everyone (homeowners, police, private security, noc monkies, et al) a chance to plan accordingly. OTOH, if you go with unplanned blackouts.. its not that difficult for organized thieves to use diffused lookouts communicating via radio/cell/pcs/sms with their buddies who just drive in a few pickups/vans and scoop away the stuff when the lights go out.. -- Brian Russo <[email protected]> Debian/GNU Linux <[email protected]> http://www.debian.org LPSG "member" <[email protected]> http://www.lpsg.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- |