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Article #2235Re: Power execs blame gas prices and environment regsforhighelectricity costs
From: Bill Woods
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 01:16
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 01:16
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John Higdon wrote:
> in article tcmay-AAAC69.16520823012001@news.got.net, Tim May wrote:
>
> > This says that waste disposal, supposedly one of our "pressing"
> > problems, is not such a big deal at all, were people to think outside
> > the box.
>
> What a social dynamics laboratory this whole power thing has become. When we
> are "crisis idling" the media and those they cover get in a dither about
> waste recycling, gasoline additives, mountain bikes in the wilderness,
> housing density, traffic, and other non-issues. When a real problem actually
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ !!!!
>
> surfaces, all of the armchair debating vanishes and we get down to cases.
>
> Yes, we still get the ignoramuses coming out of the woodwork with the usual
> airy-fairy energy "solutions", but we're getting down to the real importance
> (or insignificance) of borderline ridiculous environmental restrictions.
>
> One little bit of surfacing hypocrisy: the same out-of-state voices who
> complain about California's "pollution" coming to their states chide
> California for its "tree-hugging" rules.
>
> Sounds like someone wants it both ways.
--
Bill Woods
"Mrs. Weasley was marching across the yard,
scattering chickens, and for a short, plump, kind-faced woman,
it was remarkable how much she looked like a sabre-toothed tiger."
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