My simple response:
We will never see any significant change in energy consumption
patterns,
technological efficiencies (i.e. btu's consumed/sq ft/degree day (or
cooling
dd), and conventional energy infrastructure (i.e. electric production
tech.;
or mpg for vehicles)-- let alone the introduction of new renewable
fuels on
any significant scale (and all the techno infrastructure req'd.),
without
first experiencing vast increases in the costs associated with relying
on
traditional, non-renewable fuels and conventional technologies. Not
until
the external costs are internalized and they become totally unbearable
for
the citizenry; when the industrial economies stagnate and the reasons
are
clearly evident. That's the reality! Until we see serious, sustained
economic dislocations throughout the industrialized economy
(domestically
and internationally), until we are forced to change, we will not
change. We
have met the enemy!
Mike Hohmann
independent candidate 13th Ward City Council
Change will only happen if we let things become totally unbearable for
everyone in the industrialized world.
Not really my idea of the words of a visionary leader.
Some may see this as candidate bashing. But I hope we're trying to
elect people who not only understand economic concepts but also have a
plan to use them to make things better in our little part of the world.
Becca Vargo Daggett
Seward
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