More Power To You!
I love this advertisement from America’s Independent Electric Companies.
It reads:
More Power To You! America’s independent light and power companies build your new electric living
Tomorrow’s higher standard of living will put electricity to work for you in ways still unheard of!
The time isn’t too far off, the experts say, when you’ll wash your dishes without soap or water – ultrasonic waves will do the job.
Still hasn’t happened yet. I’ve seen lots of gadgets that SAY they do this, but none of them have been made readily available.
Your beds will be made at the touch of a button.
Yours do that? Mine sure doesn’t.
The kids’ homework will be made interesting and even exciting when they are able to dial a library book, a lecture, or a classroom demonstration right into your home – with sound. (Some of this is happening already)
Thank you, Internet! You HAVE fulfilled the dreams of the 1950’s!
To enjoy all this, you’ll want a lot more electric power, and the independent electric companies of America are already building new plants and facilities to provide it. Right now these companies are building at the rate of $5,000,000,000 a year, and planning to double the nation’s supply of electricity in less than 10 years.
America has always had the best electric power service in the world. The electric companies are resolved to keep it that way.
Can I just take a moment to THANK the electric companies of yesteryear?! They stepped up the production of plants to meet our needs so well that we feel that electricity is a RIGHT. Whenever we get a huge snowstorm here in Utah, the weight of the snow can snap a line. When the people of Utah are out of power for more than a few hours, they SUE electric companies. Outages and brownouts are rare because these folks had the foresight to build.
Mind you, I wish they had built more windmills and less coal burning plants, but it’s not really fair for me to expect them to foresee the energy crisis as well as the need for it.
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