🚀 go-pugleaf

Gilligan <gilligan@islandparadise.com> wrote in 
<MPG.152b20912f8677f998998e@news.lava.net>:

>In article <3ac08993.3820586@news1.on.sympatico.ca>, eldridp@sypatico.ca 
>says...
>> I think it's pretty safe to say higher rates do promote more efficient
>> use.  Most people will reduce consumption by doing without (e.g.,
>> adjusting the thermostat or turning off unnecessary lights) or by
>> installing more energy efficient appliances.  If rates are low,
>> there's little economic incentive to do either.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Paul
>> 
>> On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 02:23:48 -0500, poboxdc@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>> 
>> [...snip...]
>> >When will this insanity stop? Does raising rates really
>> >discourage use and encourage people to conserve? Is this
>> >a sham? 
>> 
>
>I hate to say it but, California, you brought this on yourself.
>
>Go whine to the environmentalists

I wasn't here when the California legislature (headed by a Republican 
governor, but I don't know whether he is an environmentalist or not) 
enacted the poorly thought out energy deregulation.  But I can say that I 
would sooner deal with the resultant blackouts (and conserve energy) than 
scar the landscape with ugly, polluting power plants.

You pick your own poison, I gues....

-- 
Michael B. Williams
Hewlett-Packard Company
Palo Alto, California
650/857-6939
michael_williams@hp.com