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Flintstone living- week 2

Posted on September 21, 2008 @ 9:57 pm by David Esrati

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My office has power. My house does not, one week after the storm. I’ve had an extension cord running across the street to power the fridge and the high efficiency hot water heater, but nothing else. I’m also keeping a neighbors fridge working. DP&L called 2x today with an automated survey to find out if Read More

Why we should be burying our power lines…

Posted on September 15, 2008 @ 2:28 pm by David Esrati

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In the oldest cities in Europe they don’t have these problems- when the wind blows. Only in the US- where we somehow think it makes sense to put “Public Utilities” into “Private” hands and leave our infrastructure in the stone age. Note the difference between these two “providers” of utilities: Dayton Power & Light Inc. Read More