Re: We NEED a blackout!

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From: Jeffrey Siegal
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 20:59

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David Kaye wrote:
> I work in the neighborhood of a (1) Gap, (2) Old Navy, (3) American
> Eagle, (4) Urban Outfitters, (5) Body Shop, and (6) Arbercrombie & Fitch.
> During the 103 degree heatwave, EVERY ONE of these stores had their air
> conditioning going strong AND THEIR FRONT DOORS WIDE OPEN.  I asked at a
> couple places why they did this.  Two girls at stores looked at me as if I
> were stupid.  A guy a the Gap and a woman at Old Navy both said that it
> was STORE POLICY to keep the doors open so that the cold air would
> attaract customers!

Excellent evidence that power prices are too low, not too high.  Harvey
Rosenfeld and the rest of the "prices on everything must be low" crowd
simply don't get it.

As long as the price of electricity is kept low, people are going to
waste it, crisis or no crisis, blackouts or no blackouts.

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From: Jeffrey Siegal <jbs@quiotix.com>
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Subject: Re: We NEED a blackout!
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