I find the CA power situation instructive as to the working of
free markets. Allow the price to go up, demand goes down and supply
goes up...viola. Product flows to the most profitable use.
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Jim Wildman jim@rossberry.com
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Bryan-TheBS-Smith wrote:
> [ I accidently hit "send" than "save" when cutting and pasting, so
> the 3rd paragraph is new. ]
>
> This nation's environmental policy is run by people who don't have
> jobs. Why? The EPA has day-time meetings that are open to the
> public. As such, our national environmental policy is a joke.
>
> First and foremost is the joke know as the "zero emissions vehicle"
> -- you know, electric cars. Did you know electric cars use upto 5x
> as much fossil fuels as the ICE (internal combustion engine)? Why?
> Just WTF do you think the electricity comes from? And you think
> California could handle the load of that on their power grid?
>
> Worse yet, and liberals were panzy screwing with electric cars for
> the past two decades, enough engineers finally got together and
> privately funded a _real_ alternative. The gas-electric hybrid
> vehicle. The result? More hybrid vehicles were sold in 6 months
> than all electric cars ever produced -- _ever_, including commercial
> vehicles.
>
> Which also explains why California has the worst issues. From
> electricity to emissions, why is California so bad? One
> explaination: They haven't approved the creation of a new power
> plant in 20 years, and no new construction has been done in 10.
> Today's power plants run almost an order of magnitude cleaner and
> more efficient than those designed 20 years ago. While some argue
> if technology is progress, if you use technology, you _must_ keep up
> with the latest progresses.
>
> We also have environmentalists who use the "Endangered Species" list
> to conserve land. This not only includes animals, but plants.
> "Wetlands" are the biggest joke I have ever seen. Just because a
> supposed "wetland" tree is on a piece of land, it is now a "wetland"
> and you cannot touch it. Forget the fact that the "wetland" itself,
> let alone the "wetland" trees are located within the right-of-way of
> a major highway.
>
> And don't even get me started on carbon dioxide. Mankind cannot do
> anything about it because the _biggest_producer_, by an
> _order_of_magnitude_, is mother nature. Even W. brought this up in
> the debates, of course the mainstream Liberal TV media said he
> "renig'd" on his CO2 stance when, in fact, he hasn't changed at
> all. Besides, more carbon dioxide is a good thing. Vegetation life
> is thriving!
>
> These are all things I have _personally_seen_ myself, and been
> involved with. And the worst part is trying to explain them to
> people without any scientific knowledge just kills me. And even
> some that do have the knowledge let it take a "back seat" to
> political correctness (PC).
>
> -- TheBS
>
>
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