Column by Michael Swickard, Ph.D. - Many years ago in the former gold mining town of White Oaks, New Mexico, someone realized the power station that drove the mining equipment had enough extra capacity to send power eleven miles to nearby Carrizozo. At the time Carrizozo did not have any electrical power which matched the fact that Carrizozo citizens had no electrical devices. A line was strung and a light bulb at the barber shop would be turned on at noon one Saturday. For those who do not know, in the old days the barber shop was one of the unofficial meeting places in the town and therefore a central location sure to draw plenty of people. One cowboy was skeptical, “No way can electricity go eleven miles, even if it is downhill.”
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Column by Michael Swickard, Ph.D. - Many years ago in the former gold mining town of White Oaks, New Mexico, someone realized the power station that drove the mining equipment had enough extra capacity to send power eleven miles to nearby Carrizozo. At the time Carrizozo did not have any electrical power which matched the fact that Carrizozo citizens had no electrical devices. A line was strung and a light bulb at the barber shop would be turned on at noon one Saturday. For those who do not know, in the old days the barber shop was one of the unofficial meeting places in the town and therefore a central location sure to draw plenty of people. One cowboy was skeptical, “No way can electricity go eleven miles, even if it is downhill.” Read column
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