on 8/17/2003 9:09 PM hackerwacker@tarpit.cybermesa.com wrote:
Org A makes a killing. Given that the players were producers, buyers and sellers of the same product this creates no incentaive to build out additional capasity. Quite different from say, Hog futures, were the supply side and demand side are not the same person. According the the NPR report I heard on this, the money to be made here is huge provided there was just enough power or not quite enough. So there were not market checks and ballances. having additional capasity on hand, in this system, drives down price in a futures market.
Capacity isn't the problem. The problem is that there aren't enough lines between the providers and consumers to carry the current volume.
So back on Sean's question, maps did not divulge this; at least not the primary cause. I see the primary cause as economic. It seems to me we are seeking a mechanical cause instead of looking at the fauly business model that allowed this to happen.
No sorry. The grid is a national problem and has been stabbed at several times, but different special interests always move to keep the necessary work from being done. LULU -- Locally Undesirable Land Use NIMBY -- Not In My Backyard BANANA -- Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone NOPE -- Nowhere on Planet Earth Another more-recent camp are those who see everything as a move by The Man and Mr. Big which must be stopped. -- Eric A. Hall http://www.ehsco.com/ Internet Core Protocols http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coreprot/