http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/02/08/entergy-explains-super-bowl-power-failure Comments On: Entergy explains Super Bowl power failure by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss However, they would rather devote a portion of their cash flow to lobbying legislators and officials to keep their bottom line, lower levels of employees, poor maintenance, minimally adequate ancient infrastructure and eschew progressively upgrading/replacing their infrastructure with newer more storm resistant technologies . . . IMO.
Posted by dottholliday]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:35:04 -0600 Arkansas Times
The grid is borderline for current use, the interconnectivity is ripe for a chain reaction failure, and not all parts are tied together in a logical way. Just like roads followed old cattle paths, the grid follows housing developments and not any big picture for the country. It is fortunate for Kansas that Roosevelt came along with REA or they would still be watching TV by candlelight,

Failure to have national pl;anning has put the country into a non-competitive place. Same impact from not having universal healthcare. This country with that "let business make a profit", e.g., killing, attitude, is run like it was built by Humpty Dumpty and the same result will happen sooner or later.

We are seeing it now with the pipeline network that runs east-to-west but not north-south so there is this push. finally by companies, to do what they should have done 50 years ago which was to create a network. But each company did their own "thing" and no one watched out for the country. That is why Oklahoma had cheap gas prices because all the pipelines ended there and until Trans-Canada came along, no compante was willing to do the Texas-Oklahoma connection.
More proff that corporations see no moral responsible for their actions or lack thereof.
Posted by couldn't be better]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:22:24 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by eLwood]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:21:53 -0600 Arkansas Times
We should be burying a new green grid alongside a gigabit fiber internet infrastructure to every home in the land as the national emergency it is. We could do it for far, far less than what we wage needless wars for... or bail out looting banksters and bond sharks.

I recently read an estimate that the fiber internet part would cost less than a hundred billion for the entire nation. Less than ten percent of one years defense spending.

We the people are simply being held hostage while we pay endless ransome to a point of third world status. At what point do we quit playing nice with these two corrupt parties and their funders..... for this third world status has to be by design and intent.
Posted by Eureka Springs]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:05:08 -0600 Arkansas Times nola.com I have to conclude that our southern neighbors feel the same about Entergy as we do.
Posted by 70%er]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:19:09 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by evil monkey sez]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:15:18 -0600 Arkansas Times