“Was the Chazon Ish the only posek in his time? I think not.”
When did I ever claim otherwise? I have no idea what even brought this comment on.
“You are not allowing a middle ground on the issue. The beyond the pale kulos of electricity on Shabbos is that electricity can’t be prohibited because it’s not fire.”
What are you talking about? This thread isn’t about whether or not electricity is melachah. This is about the fact that power plant workers do melachah in order to generate the power in Israel (full, unambiguous melachah like lighting actual fires). By the way, I’ve never had to ask because I don’t live in Israel, but for all I know I hold like the meikelim. I have no personal skin in this game.
“It is beyond question that most of the reponsa concerning electricity ere based on incomplete or misunderstood information.”
It is beyond question that the only type of person that would say this does not understand halacha and thinks he knows better than the poskim.
“Of course, the Xtian and Muslim operators are not a concern.”
Even this is not pashut. It’s melachah being done at the request of Jews, for the benefit of Jews, on Shabbos specifically. I’m sure there are ways to get around the amira l’akum issue, but it’s not “of course” not an issue.
“Please note that I have been building and operating power plants for 50 years and I have a pretty good idea how they work.”
I’ll take that into consideration if I have an engineering question, but if I have a halachah question, I think I’ll keep trusting those who are experts in that field.