Rolling blackouts versus planned blackouts does not amount to much of a choice. Californians are right to be angry because the entire crisis is a planned blackout and need not have happened. Just as during the energy crisis engineered by President Jimmy Carter, we are not “running out” of fuel in any conventional sense.
Crises have a way of revealing the quality of leadership. The current energy crisis marks a stark contrast in leadership styles and underscores the differences between politics and economics.
San Francisco, CA – Mismanagement by Gov. Gray Davis has contributed to the energy crisis and helped to create the power shortages now facing California, according to a report released today by the California-based Pacific Research Institute (PRI).
