Monday, June 9, 2008

Hmm, interesting


Another energy proposal.

As note elsewhere on this blog, it's very difficult for democratic governments to impose pain and suffering on it's people, even when the aim is to alleviate much worse pain and suffering down the road. IE making energy more expensive in the near term is a hard pill to swallow for the American people, making it difficult to leverage supply and demand by artificial means to
curb consumption. Yet, curbing consumption is potentially necessary for the continued existence of human life on the planet and is likely needed for at least the continued survival of an American society. Those are awfully big stakes.

So the interesting part about this one is that while it does raise the price of energy, which, like it or not, is probably necessary, it rewards those who use less with direct financial gain. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

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