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In article <1993Jan26.124928.6302@aisb.ed.ac.uk> jamesh@aisb.ed.ac.uk (James Hammerton) writes:
>>It is not the removing of subsidies that is at fault, but the laxy
>>incompetent management that had grown dependent on those subsidies.
>
>True, but it could have been dealt with far better. Also nationalisation 
>isn't the only form of public ownership. I suspect that part of the
>problems of these industries was that they were monopolies that were
>molly coddled by government. Now apart from coal, they are private
>monopolies so they have nothing with which to compete, and noone can go
>elsewhere in the case of dissatisfaction.
>
>James
>
 
 I'll amplify that which our esteemed colleauge mentioned; that the people 
in management, not just in the UK, but world wide, have become lazy. They
tend to substitute industrial psychology for good judgement. They are quite
the reason and potientially the cure for such fiascos. The point I'm making 
with all of this is simpler yet: 

 Even if a means of producing energy that was literally "too cheap to meter"
were to be discovered, the economic and political forces in charge of our
mismanagement would soon find a way of taxing it back to a profitable status.

 This applies all the more to those of you living in a socialist-run state,
and the UK in general falls into that category. Coal is one of THE MOST
backward means of producing electric power, it's environmental impact may
actually be worse than oil and nuclear combined! That any situation could
eliminate the existing coal industry would be a welcome breath of fresh air!

( As for the plight of the unemployed coal miners...too bloody bad, eh?! We
in the US have a similar lot of useless rabble: The Autoworkers. $36/hr to
put hubcaps on sedans...what a crock! As for what we can do to provide them
with "profitable labor befitting their station", you've got me!)






 
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