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Fury is building over rolling nationwide blackouts triggered by the Obama administration's deliberate agenda to block the construction of new coal-fired plants, as local energy companies struggle to meet Americans' power demands amidst some of the coldest weather seen in decades.
- As we reported yesterday, four hospitals in Texas reacted furiously after they were hit with planned outages despite being promised they would be spared even as power to Super Bowl venues remains uninterrupted.
- Thousands in New Mexico have been left without natural gas as Gov. Susana Martinez on Thursday declared a state of emergency. "Due to statewide natural gas shortages, I have ordered all government agencies that do not provide essential services to shut down and all nonessential employees to stay home" on Friday, Martinez said after meeting with public safety personnel in Albuquerque," reports the Associated Press.
- Borderland residents have been asked to limit their use of natural gas as the Texas Gas Service asks that larger commercial facilities voluntarily close their doors to save supplies.
- People in Tucson have been asked to limit their use of hot water and moderate their thermostat levels to save on energy. - Shortages of natural gas in San Diego County has forced utility companies to "cut or reduce the gas supplied to some of their largest commercial and industrial customers," reports North County Times. - In El Paso, "Hundreds of thousands of electricity customers continue to face periodic blackouts, and nearly 900 gas customers still have no heat," reports the El Paso Times, with El Paso Electric resorting to using generators in a struggle to meet demand while still having to implement forced outages.
Originally posted by itsawild1
You people who do not believe in global warming are snip- They should shut down all coal fired plants right now and strike any in the world that refuse to do so ; A FEW DEAD IN THE HOSPITAL[WHICH WOULDNT HAPPEN BECAUSE OF POWER FAILURE] is not any worse than the whole planet breaking up with volcanoes and earthquakes;
Havent you blind people seen the chem-spraying planes in the skies dimming for the last 15 years?? What the snip you think they are spraying ignorant people??
Mod Edit: Profanity/Circumvention Of Censors – Please Review This Link.edit on 5/2/2011 by Sauron because: removed profanity and name calling