This is a very well-written piece about the history leading up to the 
California power fiasco.  It is consonant with my own experience gained 
through representing the new breed of power merchants who play a role in it:
   http://www.thenewrepublic.com/021901/easterbrook021901.html
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       question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species."
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