Blackout after 25 years, 35 years

A crippling blackout took place on July 13, 1977, in New York City. A freak lightning strike was the cause of major chaos. It was described as a repetition of the Nov. 9, 1965 power failure which saw the lights go out on large portions on the Northeastern US and Canada.

I recall quite well the hue and outcry went beyond additional safeguards -- a National Energy Policy was needed. The prices at the pump go up -- we need a National Energy Policy. The weather changes in dramatic ways, wildfires threaten homes built in remote resort areas, and the rest of the World recognizes a Global Warming problem.

Perhaps our National Energy Policy needs to be more than a scheme 'to feed the machine' with new resources. Perhaps we need to look further or closer to home --further into the effects of our usage and closer to home on how we can better or more wisely use energy.