At 04:37 PM 1/25/01 -0800, Kristin wrote:
> Also, only shortage
>spurs conservation.
Actually, high prices do the trick nicely as well...... of course, there is
a big unwillingness to let high prices do their job......
>Families making $40K or even $50K a year (well above PG&E's own "low
>income" threshold where they give you a break) have trouble affording
>HOUSING in the bay area market; any govt energy-welfare program would have
>to use a very loose definition of "low income" if you ask me.
Either that - or it would encourage people to move *out* of California to
elsewhere where there is cheap power and cheap housing. (Advertisement:
Not only does Western New York have abundant cheap power (that little
Niagara Falls thingy) but we have dirt cheap housing too after decades of
population loss! Plus, the odds of you dying and/or total annihilation of
your assets due to natural disaster in New York: @0. Same odds in
California: >0. Sure, you have to shovel snow - but think of it like
insurance, lots of continuous cost payments, instead of one big payment.)
JDG
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