We had no electricity, no gas. Food was probably our greatest entertainment - the most fun thing that we could do was food.
Iraq is short on capital, short on electricity, and short on management expertise, but it does not lack economic enthusiasm.
The problems in California have been that it's been very difficult to site and build new power plants.
I'm very straightforward on immigration. The bus is full. We haven't got enough energy, we haven't got enough electricity, we haven't got enough of a health service.
But the most important thing is, Enron did not cause the California crisis.
Britain's energy markets were a mess in 2010.
The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants.
There has been no electricity in Baghdad for a week and the people are angry. You would be angry too if you couldn't watch your brand new stolen TV.
From a reality perspective, I'm sure part of that is true, but this is the largest blackout in U.S. history. If that is not a signal that we have got a problem that needs to be fixed, I don't know what is.
