Alan:
Could it be you're in France, and quite a few folks drive economic compact cars also??
The "American Way", McMansions, Expeditions, Suburbans, & the revival of the 'Hemi'......hmmmmm.....
OK, I confess; CA/gas fired heat, gas cooking, multi TV's, PC & laptop, fax, copy, print, paddle fans, (2) frig, etc., etc.
Power is taken for granted, until a failure, or another area blackout.
Our POCO (JCP&L/First Energy/GPU) recently completed transmission line work out to the barrier island, after an extensive holiday weekend failure. Yes, they had all the usual static re: the lines, etc., but it got approved.
John
