--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 8/15/06 2:50:08 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > groups@ writes: > > > > And, no I take no responsibility. The country's infrastructure is > > built on oil. I say what I can about it, but I am not about to > > inconvenience myself > > > > > > That's what I expected. > > > Why should the middle class always take it on the head for the > leaders? If you can answer that, I'll take your response more > seriously. > "Leaders" are follow-the-pack rabbits. If 70% of the public said "enough!" and endorsed a plan along the lines of 100% BTU tax being used to provide 50-80% incentives of renewables and end-use efficiencies, (see adjacent posts0 then politicans would be fighting each other to the mic to expound on why this was critical to do.
Its the public who are too lazy to learn the issues, and see the clear light of day -- see that total costs of energy (and defense and pollution and political global capital) will go down for everyone (over 2-5 years -- some initial bumps will be there), with NO reduction in end-use services (amount of heating, cooling, lights and vehicle transportation) if they are willing to adopt such a plan. The only ones hit hard will be people who refuse to adopt the highly incentivized new- energy efficient capital: renewables and end-use efficienceis (including vehicles). And it can't be done by an individual here and there to create this "phase transition". You, Jim, have no incetive to do anything other than recycling, because you realize one small action doesn't make whole system change to a much higher and efficient equillibrium. It takes a majority to see the light and be willing to let go of the status quo and accept this energy "bootstrapping" plan. And real leaders, with true vision and balls/vaginas of steel, can catelyze such a change. But its the public that needs to support it vigorously when its proposed. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
