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Article #2276Re: Power execs blame gas prices and environment regs for highelectricity costs
From: Tim May
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 02:19
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 02:19
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In article <z13a6.2006$vH6.40181@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com>, "malcolm.scott" <malcolm.scott@ntlworld.com> wrote: > "Jeffrey Siegal" <jbs@quiotix.com> wrote in message > news:3A67C656.9A5D7F0F@quiotix.com... > > The Traveler wrote: > > > So the original assertion that environmental rules have an effect > > > on > the > > > price of electricity has some truth to it, no? > > > > Well, I certainly never claimed otherwise. Anyone who denies that the > > environmental and NIBMY obstruction of new plants has an effect on the > > price of electricty is disconnected from reality. > > I don't know why people keep putting these two things(environmenatlists > and > NIMBYs) together. A NIMBY stops something altogether. An > environmentalist > asks for something cleaner. If environmentalists wanted "cleaner power" they would be supporting nuclear plants over fossil-fuel plants. However, they don't. They believe the babykilling influence of the evil atom is so overwhelming that nothing made of atoms may be built. --Tim May -- Timothy C. May tcmay@got.net Corralitos, California Political: Co-founder Cypherpunks/crypto anarchy/Cyphernomicon Technical: physics/soft errors/Smalltalk/Squeak/agents/games/Go Personal: b.1951/UCSB/Intel '74-'86/retired/investor/motorcycles/guns
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