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CNET ^ | February 26, 2012 | Martin LaMonica

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We are NOT increasing our Power Grid - in fact we are decommissioning power production.

Thanks for playing, but you clearly don't have a clue what you're talking about. In 2000, the United States generated 3,637.5 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, according to official statistics published by the Energy Information Administration. Ten years later in 2010 (the most recent year for which full data has been published) the US generated 3,971.2 billion kilowatt hours of electricity. Electricity generation is down over the past few years, even as generation capacity has risen -- but only because the recession (and certain other changes, like investments in efficiency) have driven down demand for electricity.

We are not increasing our Hydroelectric, because of EPA, environmentalists and federal regulations.

True, but irrelevant. The Canadians have been vastly increasing their hydro generating capacity, mostly for the US export market.

The observable fact of the matter is that blackouts were unthinkable of just 10 years ago; but are now a part of life for many people in the USA every summer.

I have no idea what you're talking about. The last major blackout in the United States was the 2003 Northeast blackout. That was 9 years ago. You've obviously never heard of the 1996 Western States blackout, the 1977 New York blackout or the 1965 Northeast blackout.

Guess what? Our energy demand is at it's highest point ever too.

Nope, that was 2007.