re: Business driven markets... look up auto manufacturers practices in the 50s.
GM (por ejemplo) bought inner-city rail line companies and closed them. That (lack of public transit) and ad campaigns focused on the *need* to own a family car, "see the world today in your Chev-ro-let" directly contributed to the one car one driver mentality that auto companies quote now as their reason to *not* innovate. So, yes, the business can drive the market with innovation. Works in utilities too. Innovate or die. Innovate, create more fuel efficient cars, work on a hybrid with muscle (no they are not mutually exclusive). It'll sell. On 2/7/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only economically sensible way to affect this change is through consumer > driven market factors. That is, change demand to affect the costs of supply. > Why should corporations get off their complacent asses, when those > complacent asses are feeding OUR demand, and making a hell of a profit doing > so? > > WE have the complacent asses. When we are unsuccessful trying to get the > consumer to change, we start talking about taking the easy way out.....we'll > FORCE the supplier to change through legislation. > > This makes even the economics 101 professor cringe. > > On 2/7/07, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think it is a good idea to *suggest* so if the end result is those > > corporations getting off their complacent asses and actually moving > > towards alternative energy solutions. > > > > which may even be the case if the article Gruss posted is to be > > believed... > > > > > -- > She's a PhD in "I told you so" > You've a knighthood in "I'm not listening" > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227204 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
