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Electricity Shortage Causes Blackouts Across Europe
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| November 5, 2006
| Associated Press
Posted on 11/05/2006 11:08:21 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: All
Ah, that superior Europe that the Democrats so love has struck again!
Incidentally, I wonder if we'll ever see a headline saying "Radical Muslim Shortage Causes Peace Across Europe."
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posted on
11/05/2006 11:09:59 AM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Mashed potatoes, gravy, and cranberry sauce! Wooooooo-oooooooo!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
North Korea hasn't had an outage in years.
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posted on
11/05/2006 11:11:15 AM PST
by
gorush
(Exterminate the Moops!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Do we know the exact location of Gray Davis? And- How long until Bush is blamed?
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posted on
11/05/2006 11:11:42 AM PST
by
Fire137
(If this is not a war I don't know what one is)
To: Fire137
The hamster broke his leg!
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posted on
11/05/2006 11:24:14 AM PST
by
USS Alaska
(Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
"The private German power utility E-ON says reports of cuts began after it shut down a high voltage line in the northwest of the country. A company spokesman said the line over the river Ems was shut down so a Norwegian cruise ship was able to pass through safely.
This is almost as good as that squirrel in Ohio, whose electrocution in the summer of 2005 led to a blackout of the Northeast.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
It was not immediately clear what caused the shortage.You must enact the Kyoto Protocol!
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posted on
11/05/2006 11:37:55 AM PST
by
John123
(As a tribute to Red, I will light a cigar for every game the Celtics win this season...)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
It was not immediately clear what caused the shortage.
This is such an easy one. How about the power and influence of the Greens in Europe?
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posted on
11/05/2006 11:40:05 AM PST
by
rottndog
(WOOF!!!)
To: rottndog
There was a time when the All-Electric House was being advertised, heavily advertised. Even in Fairbanks. Then one day it was 60 below and the power went out. For three days. Some ultra-modern houses were vacated. Haven't heard much advertising lately for the All-Electric House around here.
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posted on
11/05/2006 11:42:54 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(RTRA)
To: rottndog
This is such an easy one. How about the power and influence of the Greens in Europe?Or price controls, perhaps?
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posted on
11/05/2006 11:45:29 AM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Mashed potatoes, gravy, and cranberry sauce! Wooooooo-oooooooo!)
To: RightWhale
All electric house in a cold environment without a reliable backup power supply--sometimes I just have to laugh at people who consider themselves "engineers".
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posted on
11/05/2006 11:46:08 AM PST
by
rottndog
(WOOF!!!)
To: RightWhale
Haven't heard much advertising lately for the All-Electric House around here.Word.
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posted on
11/05/2006 11:46:38 AM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Mashed potatoes, gravy, and cranberry sauce! Wooooooo-oooooooo!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Greens--Socialist--all cut of the same fabric...all lead to the same results.
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posted on
11/05/2006 11:46:59 AM PST
by
rottndog
(WOOF!!!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A harbinger of the Dark Age to come.
Europeans have their eyes squeezed shut and their fingers in their ears. They are determined to repeat the past.
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posted on
11/05/2006 11:48:52 AM PST
by
Savage Beast
("We can either fight the Democrats at the polls or...fight terrorists in our streets." ~jmaroneps37)
To: rottndog
Believe it or not there are still some all-electric residences being built even now. The City of Fairbanks went so far as to pass an ordinance restricting use of wood stoves. It wasn't 15 below that day, but it is today. I like all-electric, but I have a fall-back wood stove just in case, and candles ready to go. Sometimes when it is 20 below or colder, and it still gets down to 50-60 below Global Warming or not, I run the wood stove anyway. But I wonder who will come shivering to my door when the power goes out for a few days again. Even a few hours would do it for some, and that includes those on oil heat. Oil doesn't work without electricity, which means that all my neighbors will come shivering to my door because there is not a wood stove or fireplace in any of their cabins.
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posted on
11/05/2006 11:53:59 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(RTRA)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Am also grown skeptical of any kind of public service advertising, which is just a step above eyesight remedies.
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posted on
11/05/2006 11:55:59 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(RTRA)
To: RightWhale
And just two steps above gold futures.
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posted on
11/05/2006 11:56:37 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(RTRA)
To: RightWhale
They don't let you burn wood in Fairbanks!?
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posted on
11/05/2006 11:56:43 AM PST
by
Mamzelle
To: RightWhale
Believe it or not there are still some all-electric residences being built even now. The City of Fairbanks went so far as to pass an ordinance restricting use of wood stoves. It wasn't 15 below that day, but it is today. I like all-electric, but I have a fall-back wood stove just in case, and candles ready to go. Sometimes when it is 20 below or colder, and it still gets down to 50-60 below Global Warming or not, I run the wood stove anyway. But I wonder who will come shivering to my door when the power goes out for a few days again. Even a few hours would do it for some, and that includes those on oil heat. Oil doesn't work without electricity, which means that all my neighbors will come shivering to my door because there is not a wood stove or fireplace in any of their cabins.That's one thing I like about the old, oil drip stoves. They don't need electricity. There's a new one out that doesn't need electricity either, but I can't remember the name of it. I can't believe there are Alaskans who don't have a back-up heating system for when the power goes out.
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posted on
11/05/2006 11:58:08 AM PST
by
Chena
("I'm not young enough to know everything." (Oscar Wilde))
To: RightWhale
Oil doesn't work without electricity, which means that all my neighbors will come shivering to my door because there is not a wood stove or fireplace in any of their cabins.Let 'em in. All that body warmth will accentuate the heat coming from your stove.
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posted on
11/05/2006 11:58:20 AM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Mashed potatoes, gravy, and cranberry sauce! Wooooooo-oooooooo!)
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