[snopercod]

The obvious solution to this dependency would be to begin construction of modern, efficient mass-transportation systems in our nation's most densely populated regions and urban areas.

Like the one in Los Angeles that cost ten times the original estimate and nobody ever uses?

[Willie Green]

I make no excuses for events that occur in the People's Republik of Kalifornia.
Those people aren't bright enough to build their own power plants.
Next time they have statewide power failures, they can try to squeeze a little juice out of the dome-lights of their cars, for all I care. They're not really part of the U.S. anymore anyway. The heck with 'em.