It is a man-made law and man-made things can't be perfect.

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What strikes one about both the National Academy of Sciences report on the power grid, and the World Bank report on the state of the world climate is that both are really talking about similar things: a deterioration and vulnerability of our infrastructure, whether it be man-made or a natural.

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They made the decision with this in mind - to give the new man as much time as possible to turn things around and he has done very well.

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